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Gray triggerfishShoulder season

Cape · South Carolina

Northeast Point

32.93°N · 79.58°W · Cape · Charleston Harbor

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Best score today · 7 AM · Gray triggerfish

73/100Great
Now
474 PM EDT
Best window
4-10 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Flooding5.2 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 4 PM · now

Time4PNOW
Score47Good
Tide5.2 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward NNW
Wind5 kn ESEgusts 13 · steady
Sea stateLight chop1.4 ft · 6 s
Air temp84°Hot
WeatherMostly cloudy90% chance of rain
Water84°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

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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

Northeast Point

Depth
4-20 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · slope
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 Northeast Point

Northeast Point is a cape in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 4-20 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, 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 red drum, 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. 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

  • Bull Harbor

    Bay · 1.7 mi

    76
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 76
    • Spot 76
    • Crevalle jack 63

    5 kt ESEH 4:40 PM · 5.3 ftL 10:56 PM · 1.4 ft

  • Bulls Bay

    Bay · 3.0 mi

    74
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 74
    • Spot 72
    • Atlantic tarpon 66

    5 kt ESEH 4:40 PM · 5.3 ftL 10:56 PM · 1.4 ft

  • Bird Island Shoal

    Bar · 2.0 mi

    69
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 69
    • Spot 67
    • Florida pompano 63

    5 kt ESEH 4:40 PM · 5.3 ftL 10:56 PM · 1.4 ft

  • Bull Breakers

    Bar · 3.6 mi

    69
    Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season
    • Atlantic croaker 69
    • Spot 67
    • Florida pompano 63

    5 kt ESEH 4:40 PM · 5.3 ftL 10:56 PM · 1.4 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.