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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker72
- Spot71
- Florida pompano61
- Atlantic tarpon58
- Crevalle jack57
- Gray snapper56
- Red drum56
- King mackerel53
- Summer flounder51
- Black drum50
- Southern flounder49
- Spotted seatrout49
- Spanish mackerel48
- Red snapper46
- Black sea bass44
- Gray triggerfish44
- Sheepshead44
- Gag grouper43
- Little tunny43
- Red grouper43
- Weakfish43
- Cobia40
- Greater amberjack39
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 9 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 449 PM EDT
- Best window
- 9 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 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
Tuesday, Sep 29 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 5 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
85Water temp: 74°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.5 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
45Season: 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 · 5 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
West Bay
- Depth
- 10-15 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 West Bay
West Bay is a bay in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Depth is 10-15 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 Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and red snapper. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October 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
- Meredith Bend72
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 71
- Florida pompano 61
12 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Newstump Bay72
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 71
- Red drum 61
12 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Newstump Point66
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Florida pompano 57
12 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 AM · 0.3 ft
- Point of Grass66
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Spot 66
- Red drum 61
12 kt NEL 3:33 AM · 0.2 ftH 8:41 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.