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Red grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot68
- Atlantic tarpon67
- Crevalle jack65
- Summer flounder63
- Red drum60
- Florida pompano59
- King mackerel57
- Southern flounder56
- Spanish mackerel56
- Gray snapper55
- Little tunny49
- Weakfish49
- Black sea bass48
- Cobia47
- Black drum46
- Gag grouper46
- Gray triggerfish45
- Red grouper45
- Red snapper45
- Sheepshead42
- Spotted seatrout41
- Greater amberjack40
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 AM · Red grouper
- Now
- 454 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding5.2 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
50Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
56Water temp: 85°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
45Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Red grouper 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 Red grouper is best here
Shoulder season for Red grouper · 5 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Breach Inlet
- Depth
- 2-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Inlet · Inner · Semi-exposedInlet · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonRed grouper
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 Breach Inlet
Breach Inlet is a bay in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 2-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads inlet, 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 Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, little tunny and weakfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Red grouper
- Red grouper live on low limestone ledges and potholed live bottom across the West Florida Shelf, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Drift to find hard bottom, then anchor and fish live pinfish, grunts or squid on the bottom with stout conventional tackle. Reel hard right after the bite, because they dive into holes, and use a descending device on fish released from deep water.
- 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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- Hog Island Channel75
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- Spot 70
- Atlantic tarpon 68
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- Charleston Harbor75
Bay · 5.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 75
- Spot 74
- Crevalle jack 64
7 kt ESEH 4:49 PM · 5.5 ftL 11:09 PM · 1.5 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.