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Gray triggerfishShoulder season

Bar · South Carolina

Bull Breakers

32.88°N · 79.56°W · Bar · Charleston Harbor

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Best score today · 7 AM · Gray triggerfish

73/100Great
Now
475 PM EDT
Best window
5-10 PMEbb tide
Tide now
High5.3 ft

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24-hour conditions

Monday, Sep 28 · 7 AM

Time7A
Score62Good
Tide4.5 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.3 knmodeled · toward N
Wind4 kn Ngusts 6 · steady
Sea stateLight chop0.5 ft · 10 s
Air temp56°Mild
WeatherClear0% cloud
Water79°FModel

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

IN EFFECT NOW

No rule for Gray triggerfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with SCDNR before you keep a fish.

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Gray triggerfish is best here

Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 5 more weeks at shoulder

Gray triggerfish season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 5 more weeks at shoulder.
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Gray triggerfish in South Carolina

Spot profile

Bull Breakers

Depth
10-15 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bar · Outer · ExposedBar · 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 Bull Breakers

Bull Breakers is a bar in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 10-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, outer water and 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, Spanish mackerel, black drum and black sea bass. 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

  • Bull Harbor

    Bay · 5.0 mi

    78
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 78
    • Spot 78
    • Crevalle jack 65

    5 kt EL 10:56 PM · 1.4 ftH 4:49 AM · 4.7 ft

  • Price Inlet

    Bay · 5.5 mi

    77
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 77
    • Spot 74
    • Atlantic tarpon 68

    6 kt ESEL 10:50 PM · 1.4 ftH 5:02 AM · 4.6 ft

  • Bird Island Shoal

    Bar · 5.5 mi

    72
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 72
    • Spot 70
    • Florida pompano 66

    5 kt EL 10:56 PM · 1.4 ftH 4:49 AM · 4.7 ft

  • Northeast Point

    Cape · 3.6 mi

    71
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 71
    • Spot 69
    • Atlantic tarpon 60

    5 kt EL 10:56 PM · 1.4 ftH 4:49 AM · 4.7 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 SCDNR before you keep a fish.