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Spanish mackerelShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker65
- Spot64
- Crevalle jack63
- Gray snapper62
- Atlantic tarpon60
- King mackerel60
- Red drum57
- Summer flounder57
- Southern flounder56
- Spanish mackerel55
- Spotted seatrout53
- Florida pompano52
- Black drum51
- Black sea bass50
- Sheepshead50
- Cobia48
- Little tunny46
- Weakfish46
- Gray triggerfish45
- Gag grouper44
- Red snapper44
- Red grouper43
- Greater amberjack39
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 6 PM · Spanish mackerel
- Now
- 557 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Low1.3 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 · 7 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
14Tide: Low slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
86Wind: 1 kt WNWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
98Water temp: 83°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeas: 1.5 ftSeason & habitat · Spanish mackerel
Species seasonality
65Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Spanish mackerel 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 Spanish mackerel is best here
Shoulder season for Spanish mackerel · 6 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Bull Harbor
- Depth
- 5-7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSpanish mackerel
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 Harbor
Bull Harbor is a bay in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 5-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and gray snapper, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, Florida pompano, black drum and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.
Tackle & technique
- Spanish mackerel
- Spanish mackerel school along beaches and around inlets, jetties, piers and bridge-tunnel structures, and along tide rips in 5 to 40 feet of water once the water climbs above about 68 degrees F. Troll small spoons or cast metal jigs and retrieve fast, or look for birds diving on bait and cast into the school. FWC calls for a 30 to 60 pound monofilament leader because their teeth cut light line.
- 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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- Atlantic croaker 58
- Red drum 57
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- Bird Island Shoal60
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- Atlantic croaker 59
- Red drum 58
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- Bull Breakers60
Bar · 5.0 mi
Top: Atlantic tarponPeak season- Atlantic tarpon 60
- Atlantic croaker 58
- Red drum 57
1 kt WNWH 1:57 PM · 5.2 ftL 8:19 PM · 1.7 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.