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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker78
- Spot70
- Florida pompano62
- Gray snapper60
- King mackerel59
- Red drum59
- Atlantic tarpon58
- Black drum55
- Red snapper54
- Summer flounder53
- Gray triggerfish51
- Spotted seatrout51
- Black sea bass50
- Crevalle jack50
- Red grouper50
- Gag grouper49
- Southern flounder49
- Sheepshead47
- Spanish mackerel46
- Weakfish46
- Greater amberjack44
- Cobia43
- Little tunny41
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 5 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 515 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3-7 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- High0.8 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
40Tide: High slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 3 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
61Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.7 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
69Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: 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
Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 5 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Clark Reef
- Depth
- 2-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Reef · Inner · Semi-exposedReef · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder 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 Clark Reef
Clark Reef is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads reef, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, gray snapper and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, red snapper and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Atlantic tarpon 60
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- Spot 68
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- Legged Lump68
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- Spot 68
- Florida pompano 65
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- Quokes Point67
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 67
- Atlantic tarpon 60
3 kt NWL 10:46 AM · 0.5 ftH 4:52 PM · 1.1 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.