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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot72
- Atlantic croaker71
- Red drum70
- Spotted seatrout70
- Weakfish67
- Southern flounder66
- Black drum59
- Florida pompano57
- Bluefish56
- Black sea bass55
- Summer flounder54
- Little tunny52
- Gag grouper51
- Red snapper48
- Sheepshead47
- Striped bass46
- King mackerel40
- Crevalle jack37
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Greater amberjack35
- Red grouper35
- Gray snapper34
- Cobia32
- Spanish mackerel30
Best score today · 3 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 355 AM EST
- Best window
- 1-6 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.7 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
46Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 6 kt NEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
51Water temp: 64°F, coolLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
27Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Gray triggerfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NCDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: NCDMF · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray triggerfish is best here
Out of season for Gray triggerfish · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Back Creek
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · flat bottom
- Season
- Off seasonGray triggerfish
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Back Creek
Back Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, weakfish and southern flounder, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and summer flounder. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Red drum peak from August through November.
Tackle & technique
- Gray triggerfish
- Gray triggerfish hover a few feet over reefs, wrecks and ledges, usually in 60 to 200 feet, and often show up while snapper fishing. Use small, strong circle hooks with small pieces of squid or cut bait on a short bottom rig, because they nibble and strip big baits. Keep the bait just off the bottom and reel steadily at the first solid pull.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Middletown Anchorage75
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 75
- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spotted seatrout 67
6 kt NEL 11:59 AM · 0.2 ftH 6:08 PM · 0.7 ft
- Lone Tree Creek72
Bay · 3.0 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 72
- Atlantic croaker 71
- Red drum 70
6 kt NEL 11:59 AM · 0.2 ftH 6:08 PM · 0.7 ft
- Hillerys Cove72
Bay · 3.2 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 72
- Atlantic croaker 71
- Weakfish 68
6 kt NEL 11:59 AM · 0.2 ftH 6:08 PM · 0.7 ft
- Gibbs Shoal65
Bar · 3.1 mi
Top: SpotShoulder season- Spot 65
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Florida pompano 63
6 kt NEL 11:59 AM · 0.2 ftH 6:08 PM · 0.7 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with NCDMF before you keep a fish.