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Gray triggerfishOff season

Cape · North Carolina

Green Point

35.60°N · 75.47°W · Cape · Pamlico Sound

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Best score today · 1 PM · Gray triggerfish

80/100Great
Now
359 AM EST
Best window
12-4 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.5 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions

Saturday, Nov 14 · 4 PM

Time4P
Score35Fair
Tide0.6 ft ▼Ebbing
Wind1 kn ESEgusts 7 · steady
Air temp65°Mild
WeatherOvercast100% cloud
Water66°FPersisted

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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.

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When Gray triggerfish is best here

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Spot profile

Green Point

Depth
3-4 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Green Point

Green Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 3-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are little tunny, black sea bass and bluefish. It is peak season now for little tunny, black sea bass, bluefish and gag grouper, and shoulder season for striped bass, spot, Atlantic croaker and red snapper. Little tunny peak from October through November. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Bluefish peak from March through April and from November through December.

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.
Little tunny
Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
Black sea bass
Black sea bass hold tight to wrecks, reefs, rock piles and jetties, from 15 feet inshore in late spring to well over 100 feet on offshore wrecks in late fall. Anchor or drift right over the structure and fish a two-hook high-low rig with squid or clam, or bounce a small jig on the bottom. The biggest males sit on the highest relief.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Greens Point

    Cape · 0.8 mi

    73
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 73
    • Black sea bass 67
    • Bluefish 66

    11 kt NEL 10:07 AM · 0.4 ftH 4:17 PM · 0.8 ft

  • Top: Black sea bassPeak season
    • Black sea bass 72
    • Weakfish 71
    • Red drum 69

    11 kt NEL 10:07 AM · 0.4 ftH 4:17 PM · 0.8 ft

  • Top: Black sea bassPeak season
    • Black sea bass 72
    • Weakfish 71
    • Red drum 70

    11 kt NEL 10:07 AM · 0.4 ftH 4:17 PM · 0.8 ft

  • Round Hammock Bay

    Bay · 1.7 mi

    71
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 71
    • Spotted seatrout 68
    • Weakfish 67

    11 kt NEL 10:07 AM · 0.4 ftH 4:17 PM · 0.8 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.