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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot74
- Atlantic tarpon73
- Red drum69
- Gray snapper68
- Southern flounder68
- Spotted seatrout66
- Crevalle jack65
- Summer flounder62
- Black drum61
- King mackerel60
- Florida pompano57
- Weakfish56
- Red snapper55
- Spanish mackerel55
- Cobia54
- Sheepshead53
- Gray triggerfish52
- Black sea bass51
- Gag grouper50
- Red grouper50
- Little tunny48
- Greater amberjack46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 523 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-9 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding0.6 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, Sep 28 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 6 kt WPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
76Water temp: 81°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & 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 · 6 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Stumpy Point Bay
- Depth
- 3-9 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 Stumpy Point Bay
Stumpy Point Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 3-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, weakfish and red snapper. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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
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- Spot 76
- Atlantic tarpon 74
6 kt NNEH 4:13 AM · 0.6 ftL 11:00 AM · 0.4 ft
- Drain Point71
Cape · 1.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 70
- Atlantic tarpon 70
6 kt NEH 4:13 AM · 0.6 ftL 11:00 AM · 0.4 ft
- Sandy Point71
Cape · 4.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 70
- Atlantic tarpon 70
6 kt NEH 4:13 AM · 0.6 ftL 11:00 AM · 0.4 ft
- Parched Corn Bay69
Bay · 6.9 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 69
- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 66
6 kt NNEH 5:29 AM · 0.6 ftL 11:57 AM · 0.3 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.