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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker86
- Spot81
- Atlantic tarpon76
- Crevalle jack71
- Red drum71
- Southern flounder70
- Gray snapper69
- Summer flounder68
- Black drum66
- Florida pompano65
- King mackerel64
- Spotted seatrout63
- Black sea bass61
- Spanish mackerel59
- Sheepshead58
- Weakfish58
- Gray triggerfish57
- Red snapper56
- Gag grouper55
- Red grouper54
- Little tunny51
- Greater amberjack50
- Cobia49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 579 AM EDT
- Best window
- 9-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 9 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
64Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 4 kt NPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
98Water temp: 82°F, primeLight: MorningSolunar: Major periodSeas: 1.5 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
44Season: 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 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
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Spot profile
Wainwright Slue
- Depth
- 2-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Wainwright Slue
Wainwright Slue is a gut in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 2-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, 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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, black sea bass and Spanish mackerel. 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
- Hog Island Reef85
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- Florida pompano 75
- King mackerel 75
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- Kingfish Shoal77
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- Spot 75
- Florida pompano 72
4 kt NL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 0.3 ft
- Camp Point77
Cape · 2.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Red drum 76
- Spot 76
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- Cowpen Point76
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 76
- Spot 76
- Atlantic tarpon 76
4 kt NL 1:24 PM · 0.2 ftH 10:50 PM · 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.