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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spot69
- Atlantic tarpon67
- Crevalle jack65
- Southern flounder65
- Gray snapper62
- Red drum62
- Summer flounder61
- Spotted seatrout60
- King mackerel59
- Black drum58
- Spanish mackerel56
- Cobia53
- Sheepshead53
- Gray triggerfish51
- Little tunny51
- Black sea bass50
- Florida pompano50
- Gag grouper50
- Red snapper50
- Weakfish50
- Red grouper49
- Greater amberjack45
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 5112 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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 · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
65Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 3 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
72Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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 today
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
Douglas Bay
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 Douglas Bay
Douglas Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, Spanish mackerel, cobia and sheepshead. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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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- Spot 70
- Atlantic tarpon 68
3 kt ESEL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ft
- Old Hill Bay69
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- Southern flounder 69
- Spot 68
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- Green Point63
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
- Atlantic tarpon 63
3 kt ESEL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:46 PM · 0.7 ft
- Mackey Point63
Cape · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 63
- Atlantic tarpon 63
3 kt ESEL 1:02 PM · 0.3 ftH 7:46 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.