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Gray triggerfishOff season

Cape · North Carolina

Rawls Point

35.57°N · 75.84°W · Cape · Pamlico Sound

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Best score today · 6 AM · Gray triggerfish

80/100Great
Now
355 PM EST
Best window
5-11 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding0.7 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions

Tuesday, Nov 10 · 3 PM

Time3P
Score35Fair
Tide0.4 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.5 knmodeled · toward ENE
Wind7 kn WSWgusts 16 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.9 ft · 4 s
Air temp61°Mild
WeatherClear0% cloud
Water67°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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.

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When Gray triggerfish is best here

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Spot profile

Rawls Point

Depth
1-10 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Rawls Point

Rawls Point is a cape in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are little tunny, spot and spotted seatrout. It is peak season now for little tunny, spotted seatrout, red drum and weakfish, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, black drum and striped bass. Little tunny peak from October through November. Spot peak from September through October. Spotted seatrout peak from September 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.
Little tunny
Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
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 Bay

    Bay · 0.9 mi

    74
    Top: SpotShoulder season
    • Spot 74
    • Spotted seatrout 74
    • Atlantic croaker 73

    7 kt ENEH 5:23 PM · 0.7 ftL 11:42 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Pains Point

    Cape · 1.5 mi

    71
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 71
    • Spotted seatrout 70
    • Spot 69

    7 kt ENEH 5:23 PM · 0.7 ftL 11:42 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Pingleton Point

    Cape · 2.5 mi

    71
    Top: Little tunnyPeak season
    • Little tunny 71
    • Spotted seatrout 70
    • Spot 69

    7 kt ENEH 5:23 PM · 0.7 ftL 11:42 PM · 0.4 ft

  • Long Shoal

    Bar · 2.6 mi

    70
    Top: Florida pompanoPeak season
    • Florida pompano 70
    • Spot 69
    • Spotted seatrout 69

    7 kt ENEH 5:23 PM · 0.7 ftL 11:42 PM · 0.4 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.