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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot71
- Atlantic tarpon70
- Crevalle jack70
- Summer flounder69
- Gray snapper68
- King mackerel67
- Red drum67
- Spanish mackerel66
- Southern flounder65
- Black drum64
- Black sea bass60
- Gray triggerfish60
- Gag grouper59
- Little tunny59
- Red grouper59
- Red snapper59
- Spotted seatrout59
- Florida pompano56
- Sheepshead56
- Weakfish55
- Greater amberjack54
- Cobia52
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 PM · Red snapper
- Now
- 598 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.8 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
Wednesday, Sep 23 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 7 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.9 ftSeason & habitat · Red snapper
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Red snapper is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with SCDNR before you keep a fish.
Source: SCDNR · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Red snapper is best here
Shoulder season for Red snapper · 31 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Bull Breakers
- Depth
- 10-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Outer · ExposedBar · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonRed snapper
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 Bull Breakers
Bull Breakers is a bar in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 10-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, outer water and 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 Spanish mackerel, black drum, black sea bass and gray triggerfish. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Red snapper
- Red snapper school over rigs, wrecks, artificial reefs and natural ledges, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Anchor or drift over the structure, chum, and drop cut or live cigar minnows, sardines or squid on circle hooks, using as little weight as the current allows. Federal rules require circle hooks with natural bait in the Gulf and a descending device or venting tool on board.
- 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 Harbor80
Bay · 5.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 80
- Spot 79
- Crevalle jack 77
4 kt NL 10:52 AM · 1.2 ftH 5:30 PM · 5.5 ft
- Price Inlet79
Bay · 5.5 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 79
- Atlantic croaker 78
- Atlantic tarpon 78
6 kt NL 10:46 AM · 1.1 ftH 5:43 PM · 5.3 ft
- Northeast Point73
Cape · 3.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Crevalle jack 70
4 kt NL 10:52 AM · 1.2 ftH 5:30 PM · 5.5 ft
- Bird Island Shoal73
Bar · 5.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 71
- Crevalle jack 70
4 kt NL 10:52 AM · 1.2 ftH 5:30 PM · 5.5 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.