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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker60
- Spot60
- Crevalle jack58
- King mackerel57
- Atlantic tarpon56
- Red drum55
- Gray snapper53
- Little tunny53
- Spotted seatrout52
- Summer flounder52
- Black drum51
- Southern flounder50
- Black sea bass49
- Gag grouper49
- Gray triggerfish49
- Red snapper49
- Spanish mackerel49
- Florida pompano48
- Red grouper48
- Sheepshead45
- Greater amberjack43
- Weakfish43
- Cobia42
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 491 PM EDT
- Best window
- 3 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 5 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
93Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 6 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
74Water temp: 74°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: 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 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
Pains Point
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Pains Point
Pains Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for little tunny, black drum, black sea bass and gag grouper. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Pains Bay65
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 65
- Spot 65
- Crevalle jack 64
9 kt ENEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Rawls Point60
Cape · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 60
- Crevalle jack 58
9 kt ENEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Pingleton Point60
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 60
- Crevalle jack 58
9 kt ENEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 ft
- Juniper Swamp Point60
Cape · 3.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 60
- Spot 60
- Crevalle jack 58
9 kt ENEL 1:35 PM · 0.3 ftH 8:21 PM · 0.7 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.