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Gray triggerfishOff season

Cape · North Carolina

Greens Point

35.61°N · 75.46°W · Cape · Pamlico Sound

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Best score today · 9 AM · Gray triggerfish

78/100Great
Now
3511 AM EST
Best window
11 AM-1 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.5 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 11 AM · now

Time11ANOW
Score35Fair
Tide0.5 ft ▼Ebbing
Current1.1 knmodeled · toward N
Wind12 kn SSEgusts 15 · steady
Sea stateModerate2.4 ft · 6 s
Air temp72°Warm
WeatherMostly cloudy51% cloud
Water66°FObserved

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.

Source: NCDMF · synced yesterday

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When Gray triggerfish is best here

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Spot profile

Greens Point

Depth
2-30 ftSlope
Structure
Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · slope
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 Greens Point

Greens Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are little tunny, bluefish and black sea bass. It is peak season now for little tunny, bluefish, black sea bass and gag grouper, and shoulder season for striped bass, summer flounder, red snapper and Atlantic croaker. Little tunny peak from October through November. Bluefish peak from March through April and from November through December. Black sea bass 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.
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.
Bluefish
Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Green Point

    Cape · 0.8 mi

    73
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 73
    • Bluefish 68
    • Black sea bass 66

    12 kt SSEL 1:40 PM · 0.4 ftH 7:28 PM · 0.8 ft

  • Top: Black sea bassPeak season
    • Black sea bass 72
    • Weakfish 70
    • Red drum 69

    12 kt SSEL 1:40 PM · 0.4 ftH 7:28 PM · 0.8 ft

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

    12 kt SSEL 1:40 PM · 0.4 ftH 7:28 PM · 0.8 ft

  • Round Hammock Bay

    Bay · 1.1 mi

    71
    Top: Red drumPeak season
    • Red drum 71
    • Bluefish 68
    • Weakfish 67

    12 kt SSEL 1:40 PM · 0.4 ftH 7:28 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.