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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker54
- King mackerel52
- Spot52
- Gray snapper51
- Atlantic tarpon50
- Crevalle jack50
- Red drum50
- Summer flounder50
- Black drum47
- Red snapper47
- Spanish mackerel46
- Black sea bass45
- Florida pompano45
- Gray triggerfish45
- Gag grouper43
- Red grouper43
- Little tunny40
- Greater amberjack39
- Sheepshead38
- Weakfish36
- Bluefish35
- Cobia31
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 12 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 452 AM EDT
- Best window
- 6-11 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.2 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
72Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
80Wind: 13 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
48Water temp: 81°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.3 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
45Season: 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 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
Kingfish Shoal
- Depth
- 4-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Outer · ExposedShoal · 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 Kingfish Shoal
Kingfish Shoal is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 4-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, king mackerel and spot. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, king mackerel, spot and gray snapper, and shoulder season for black drum, red snapper, Spanish mackerel and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Spot peak from September through October.
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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
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- Atlantic tarpon 66
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- Camp Point64
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- Atlantic tarpon 61
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- Spot 58
- Atlantic tarpon 58
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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.