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Red grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker72
- Spot69
- Atlantic tarpon65
- Florida pompano62
- Red drum59
- Gray snapper58
- Summer flounder58
- Black drum57
- Southern flounder57
- Crevalle jack55
- King mackerel54
- Spanish mackerel53
- Spotted seatrout51
- Red snapper49
- Black sea bass47
- Gray triggerfish47
- Weakfish47
- Gag grouper45
- Red grouper45
- Little tunny44
- Sheepshead43
- Cobia41
- Greater amberjack40
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 PM · Red grouper
- Now
- 454 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding4.6 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 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
94Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.4 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 4 kt NNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
80Water temp: 80°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.6 ftSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
45Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
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 yesterday
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
Bull Breakers
- Depth
- 10-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Outer · ExposedBar · 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 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 red drum, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and red snapper. 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.
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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.