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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Spot77
- Atlantic croaker76
- Florida pompano65
- Crevalle jack64
- King mackerel64
- Gray snapper63
- Atlantic tarpon60
- Red drum59
- Spotted seatrout58
- Southern flounder57
- Summer flounder57
- Black drum56
- Black sea bass55
- Spanish mackerel55
- Sheepshead53
- Little tunny51
- Red snapper51
- Weakfish49
- Cobia48
- Gag grouper48
- Gray triggerfish48
- Red grouper47
- Greater amberjack45
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 489 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.7 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 · 9 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
55Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 10 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
69Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.1 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 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
Middletown Anchorage
- Depth
- 6-10 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 Middletown Anchorage
Middletown Anchorage is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 6-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are spot, Atlantic croaker and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for spot, Atlantic croaker, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, black sea bass and Spanish mackerel. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Florida pompano 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Back Creek74
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 74
- Red drum 67
10 kt NNEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ft
- Lone Tree Creek74
Bay · 4.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 74
- Spot 74
- Red drum 69
10 kt NNEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ft
- Berrys Bay72
Bay · 4.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
- Florida pompano 63
10 kt NNEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 ft
- Gibbs Shoal67
Bar · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 67
- Florida pompano 65
10 kt NNEL 3:23 AM · 0.4 ftH 8:03 AM · 0.6 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.