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Greater amberjackShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker77
- Spot72
- Atlantic tarpon70
- Crevalle jack65
- Summer flounder65
- Red drum64
- Gray snapper63
- Southern flounder59
- Black drum57
- Florida pompano56
- Black sea bass55
- King mackerel55
- Spotted seatrout54
- Weakfish54
- Spanish mackerel51
- Sheepshead50
- Gray triggerfish49
- Red snapper49
- Gag grouper48
- Red grouper48
- Greater amberjack45
- Cobia43
- Little tunny43
- Bluefish31
Best score today · 7 AM · Greater amberjack
- Now
- 454 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding5.4 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 · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
43Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.4 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
58Water temp: 85°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.3 ftSeason & habitat · Greater amberjack
Species seasonality
48Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Greater amberjack 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 Greater amberjack is best here
Shoulder season for Greater amberjack · 10 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Bennis Reach
- Depth
- 15-50 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonGreater amberjack
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 Bennis Reach
Bennis Reach is a channel in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 15-50 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, 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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, black sea bass and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Greater amberjack
- Amberjack school around wrecks, oil rigs, towers and high-relief reefs in 60 to 250 feet, often suspended well above the bottom. Drop a live blue runner or work a heavy jig through the school, then pump hard, because a big AJ runs straight back into the structure. Heavy conventional gear with 50 to 80 pound line is standard.
- 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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- Florida pompano 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.