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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker70
- Spot68
- Atlantic tarpon63
- Crevalle jack61
- Red drum60
- Gray snapper59
- Florida pompano58
- King mackerel58
- Summer flounder58
- Spanish mackerel54
- Southern flounder53
- Little tunny52
- Black drum51
- Black sea bass51
- Gray triggerfish51
- Gag grouper50
- Red grouper50
- Red snapper50
- Spotted seatrout48
- Weakfish47
- Sheepshead46
- Greater amberjack45
- Cobia43
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 475 PM EDT
- Best window
- 8-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding5.7 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
Saturday, Sep 26 · 5 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.1 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 8 kt NNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
54Water temp: 79°F, warmLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.2 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
58Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Weakfish 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 Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Albemarle Point
- Depth
- 5-30 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonWeakfish
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 Albemarle Point
Albemarle Point is a cape in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth in the nearest water is 5-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, little tunny and black drum. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- 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
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- Atlantic tarpon 71
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- Horse Reach79
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- Spot 74
- Atlantic tarpon 71
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- Town Creek79
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 74
- Atlantic tarpon 72
7 kt ENEH 5:44 PM · 5.8 ftL 11:56 PM · 1.3 ft
- Town Creek Upper Reach79
Channel · 2.9 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Spot 74
- Atlantic tarpon 74
7 kt ENEH 6:18 PM · 5.8 ftL 12:16 AM · 1.3 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 SCDNR before you keep a fish.