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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot71
- Atlantic tarpon70
- Crevalle jack70
- Summer flounder70
- Gray snapper68
- Red drum68
- King mackerel67
- Spanish mackerel66
- Black drum65
- Southern flounder65
- Black sea bass61
- Florida pompano61
- Gray triggerfish60
- Red snapper60
- Gag grouper59
- Little tunny59
- Red grouper59
- Spotted seatrout59
- Sheepshead56
- Weakfish55
- Greater amberjack54
- Cobia52
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 10 PM · Sheepshead
- Now
- 567 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-11 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.7 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
Sunday, Oct 4 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
90Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
72Water temp: 79°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Sheepshead
Species seasonality
48Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Sheepshead 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 Sheepshead is best here
Shoulder season for Sheepshead · 18 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 seasonSheepshead
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 Florida pompano. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Sheepshead
- Sheepshead graze barnacles and crabs off pilings, jetty rocks, bridge supports, oyster bars and nearshore reefs, from a few feet deep out to about 50 feet. Drop a fiddler crab, sand flea or piece of shrimp on a small, strong hook straight down next to the structure with just enough weight to hold bottom. The bite is a light tap, so keep the line tight and set the hook fast.
- 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 80
- Crevalle jack 77
5 kt NL 10:52 AM · 1.2 ftH 5:30 PM · 5.5 ft
- Price Inlet79
Bay · 5.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 79
- Crevalle jack 79
- Atlantic tarpon 79
4 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
5 kt NL 10:52 AM · 1.2 ftH 5:30 PM · 5.5 ft
- Bird Island Shoal72
Bar · 5.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Crevalle jack 69
5 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.