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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish72
- Black sea bass70
- Red drum69
- Spotted seatrout68
- Summer flounder66
- Little tunny64
- Southern flounder64
- Atlantic croaker63
- Florida pompano62
- Spot62
- Gag grouper61
- Black drum60
- Bluefish60
- Striped bass60
- Sheepshead58
- King mackerel54
- Red snapper54
- Crevalle jack51
- Greater amberjack49
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia33
Best score today · 6 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 359 AM EST
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.5 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
Sunday, Nov 15 · 4 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
95Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.9 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
84Wind: 1 kt NEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 70°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
17Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
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
Out of season for Gray triggerfish · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Old Slough
- Depth
- 1-4 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Old Slough
Old Slough is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, black sea bass and red drum. It is peak season now for weakfish, black sea bass, red drum and spotted seatrout, and shoulder season for summer flounder, Atlantic croaker, spot and black drum. Weakfish peak from October through November. Black sea bass peak from March through April and from October through November. Red drum peak from August 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.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- 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
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- Horsepen Point72
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- Bluefish 65
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- Northern Pond69
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- Florida pompano 66
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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.