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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- King mackerel64
- Gray snapper59
- Red snapper59
- Gray triggerfish57
- Atlantic croaker55
- Black sea bass55
- Gag grouper55
- Red grouper55
- Spot55
- Crevalle jack53
- Summer flounder53
- Red drum51
- Greater amberjack50
- Black drum48
- Sheepshead46
- Spanish mackerel46
- Florida pompano42
- Little tunny42
- Cobia41
- Weakfish38
- Bluefish35
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 9 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 579 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.2 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
81Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.9 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 11 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
95Water temp: 75°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
70Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: 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 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
Oyster Rocks
- Depth
- 4-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · slope
- 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 Oyster Rocks
Oyster Rocks is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 4-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are king mackerel, gray snapper and red snapper. It is peak season now for king mackerel, gray snapper, Atlantic croaker and spot, and shoulder season for red snapper, gray triggerfish, black sea bass and gag grouper. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Gray snapper peak from June through September. Red snapper peak from May through August.
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.
- 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.
- Gray snapper
- Mangrove snapper hold tight to mangrove roots, bridge pilings, jetties and reef ledges, from a few feet deep inshore to 150 feet offshore. Chum to pull them out of cover, then freeline or lightly weight a live shrimp or pilchard on fluorocarbon leader, since they shy away from heavy line in clear water. The bite improves at dusk and after dark.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Horse Island Channel64
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- Spot 61
- Crevalle jack 58
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- Wallace Channel63
Channel · 0.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 61
- Crevalle jack 58
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- Haulover Point55
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 55
- Spot 55
- King mackerel 54
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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.