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Gray triggerfishOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot71
- Red drum68
- Spotted seatrout66
- Southern flounder65
- Weakfish62
- Bluefish59
- Florida pompano58
- Little tunny54
- Black sea bass53
- Black drum52
- Summer flounder50
- Gag grouper49
- Striped bass48
- Red snapper46
- Sheepshead45
- Crevalle jack37
- King mackerel36
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Gray snapper34
- Greater amberjack34
- Spanish mackerel30
- Cobia28
Best score today · 5 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 359 PM EST
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.7 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Wednesday, Nov 4 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
93Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 5 kt EPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
91Water temp: 65°F, coolLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeas: 0.7 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
27Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: 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
Out of season for Gray triggerfish · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Tooley Creek
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Estuary · Inner · Semi-exposedEstuary · 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 Tooley Creek
Tooley Creek is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads estuary, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for red drum, spotted seatrout, southern flounder and weakfish, and shoulder season for Atlantic croaker, spot, black drum and summer flounder. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak 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.
- 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
- Rose Bay71
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Spotted seatrout 66
7 kt NEL 2:55 AM · 0.3 ftH 9:07 AM · 0.5 ft
- Germantown Bay71
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 71
- Spot 71
- Spotted seatrout 68
7 kt NEL 2:55 AM · 0.3 ftH 9:07 AM · 0.5 ft
- Island Point66
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Little tunny 62
7 kt NEL 2:55 AM · 0.3 ftH 9:07 AM · 0.5 ft
- Swan Point Shoal66
Bar · 1.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerShoulder season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Florida pompano 65
7 kt NEL 2:55 AM · 0.3 ftH 9:07 AM · 0.5 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.