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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Crevalle jack50
- King mackerel47
- Red snapper41
- Black sea bass38
- Gag grouper37
- Gray triggerfish37
- Red grouper37
- Atlantic croaker35
- Black drum35
- Bluefish35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Red drum35
- Sheepshead35
- Spot35
- Summer flounder35
- Weakfish35
- Greater amberjack34
- Little tunny34
- Spanish mackerel34
- Florida pompano31
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 12 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 3712 AM EDT
- Best window
- 12-3 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.8 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 8 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
100Water temp: 73°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
43Season: 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 yesterday
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
Round Hammock Bay
- Depth
- 1-2 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 Round Hammock Bay
Round Hammock Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, king mackerel and red snapper. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, king mackerel, Atlantic croaker and gray snapper, and shoulder season for red snapper, black sea bass, gag grouper and gray triggerfish. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. 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.
- Crevalle jack
- Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
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- Black sea bass 44
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- Chicamacomico Channel (historical)50
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- King mackerel 47
- Black sea bass 44
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- Greens Point48
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 48
- Crevalle jack 45
- Red snapper 42
22 kt NEL 3:57 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:46 AM · 0.8 ft
- Green Point47
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: King mackerelPeak season- King mackerel 47
- Crevalle jack 45
- Red snapper 41
22 kt NEL 3:57 AM · 0.6 ftH 8:46 AM · 0.8 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.