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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Florida pompano63
- King mackerel55
- Red drum54
- Atlantic croaker52
- Spot52
- Summer flounder52
- Crevalle jack50
- Gray snapper46
- Spanish mackerel46
- Little tunny38
- Black drum37
- Greater amberjack37
- Bluefish35
- Black sea bass34
- Cobia34
- Gag grouper34
- Gray triggerfish34
- Red snapper34
- Weakfish34
- Red grouper33
- Atlantic tarpon30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
- Sheepshead28
Best score today · 1 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 345 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding2.2 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 5 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
27Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
36Wind: 19 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
75Water temp: 80°F, primeLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 3.1 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
43Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
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- This week
Spot profile
Terrapin Shoal
- Depth
- 1-2 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Shoal · Inner · Semi-exposedShoal · 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 Terrapin Shoal
Terrapin Shoal is a bar in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-2 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads shoal, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, king mackerel and red drum. It is peak season now for king mackerel, red drum, Atlantic croaker and spot, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, little tunny and black drum. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Red drum peak from August 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.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
- 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.
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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.