Hey Ladies and Gents!

I've been searching around these forums, other forums, web sites, etc. on how to go about catching this species which belongs to the tropics yet with the alarmingly warmer water each year happens to show up at Long Island, Rhode Island, Cape Cod, etc. doorstep.

All the information I can find is bait, rigs, and that they are daytime feeders.

The problem is, all the information are from boaters.

Anybody catch these from the shore? What setup do you use? Do you go from the rocks or back bays, etc. to find them?

I've heard only by rumor and hearsay that people catch triggerfish from the shore (the only piece of information I got out of the guy is that he catches them on clams) but don't share on how to. Summer usually is dead to me when it comes to fish by surf (Yes I said it) so this seems to be something worth doing.

Much obliged!

Hey Ladies and Gents!

I've been searching around these forums, other forums, web sites, etc. on how to go about catching this species which belongs to the tropics yet with the alarmingly warmer water each year happens to show up at Long Island, Rhode Island, Cape Cod, etc. doorstep.

All the information I can find is bait, rigs, and that they are daytime feeders.

The problem is, all the information are from boaters.

Anybody catch these from the shore? What setup do you use? Do you go from the rocks or back bays, etc. to find them?

I've heard only by rumor and hearsay that people catch triggerfish from the shore (the only piece of information I got out of the guy is that he catches them on clams) but don't share on how to. Summer usually is dead to me when it comes to fish by surf (Yes I said it) so this seems to be something worth doing.

Much obliged! you can catch them from shore this time of year at gooseberry island on the west side,(westport ma) on a Scup high low rig with squid. You won't catch them with any consistency though.
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Grey triggerfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_triggerfish) They have a little greater range than you think

Hey Ladies and Gents!

I've been searching around these forums, other forums, web sites, etc. on how to go about catching this species which belongs to the tropics yet with the alarmingly warmer water each year happens to show up at Long Island, Rhode Island, Cape Cod, etc. doorstep.

All the information I can find is bait, rigs, and that they are daytime feeders.

The problem is, all the information are from boaters.

Anybody catch these from the shore? What setup do you use? Do you go from the rocks or back bays, etc. to find them?

I've heard only by rumor and hearsay that people catch triggerfish from the shore (the only piece of information I got out of the guy is that he catches them on clams) but don't share on how to. Summer usually is dead to me when it comes to fish by surf (Yes I said it) so this seems to be something worth doing.

Much obliged!

Almost every inlet on the SS of LI is holding triggers right now. Look for structure such as rocks, rip rap, mussel beds, etc.. Fish when the current slows or spots out of the main inlet.

Yup and this is the year of the puffer fish in Wp. I have never seen them before this year and they have been here in numbers. Big ones too. Same scup rig will do the job.


you can catch them from shore this time of year at gooseberry island on the west side,(westport ma) on a Scup high low rig with squid. You won't catch them with any consistency though.
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Yup and this is the year of the puffer fish in Wp. I have never seen them before this year and they have been here in numbers. Big ones too. Same scup rig will do the job.



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Used to catch puffers off the mattapoisett pier as a kid. We used to let them puff up and punt them back into the water. They would just deflate and swim away.