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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- King mackerel66
- Florida pompano59
- Gray snapper58
- Atlantic croaker57
- Spot57
- Gray triggerfish56
- Red snapper56
- Summer flounder56
- Black sea bass55
- Crevalle jack55
- Gag grouper55
- Red grouper54
- Atlantic tarpon50
- Greater amberjack50
- Spanish mackerel50
- Red drum49
- Black drum48
- Sheepshead46
- Cobia44
- Little tunny44
- Southern flounder43
- Spotted seatrout43
- Weakfish38
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 564 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-6 PMEvening light
- Tide now
- Flooding1.9 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 · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
69Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
54Wind: 17 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
78Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.4 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
68Season: 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 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
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Spot profile
Flounder Rock
- Depth
- 3-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · 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 Flounder Rock
Flounder Rock is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 3-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are king mackerel, Florida pompano and gray snapper. It is peak season now for king mackerel, gray snapper, Atlantic croaker and spot, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, gray triggerfish, red snapper and black sea bass. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. Gray snapper peak from June 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.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Florida pompano 62
- Gray snapper 61
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- Baymarsh Thorofare68
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- Spot 66
- Crevalle jack 64
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- Mount Vernon Rock66
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Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 66
- Florida pompano 59
- Gray snapper 58
17 kt ENEH 5:26 PM · 2.1 ftL 11:52 PM · 0.6 ft
- Haulover Point61
Cape · 2.6 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 61
- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 60
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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.