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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker74
- Spot74
- Crevalle jack65
- Gray snapper63
- King mackerel62
- Red drum62
- Summer flounder62
- Florida pompano61
- Southern flounder59
- Atlantic tarpon58
- Spanish mackerel56
- Black drum55
- Sheepshead55
- Spotted seatrout55
- Black sea bass54
- Cobia52
- Gray triggerfish49
- Gag grouper47
- Little tunny47
- Red grouper47
- Red snapper47
- Weakfish46
- Greater amberjack44
- Bluefish34
Best score today · 6 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 491 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding5.0 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 · 1 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
62Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.4 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
93Wind: 3 kt NNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
67Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 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 SCDNR before you keep a fish.
Source: SCDNR · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray triggerfish is best here
Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 6 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
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- This week
Spot profile
Bull Harbor
- Depth
- 5-7 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 Bull Harbor
Bull Harbor is a bay in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 5-7 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 crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and gray snapper, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and sheepshead. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.
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.
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- Red drum 61
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- Northeast Point65
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- Spot 63
- Red drum 60
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- Bull Breakers65
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- Spot 63
- Summer flounder 62
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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 SCDNR before you keep a fish.