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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Weakfish67
- Bluefish66
- Red drum66
- Florida pompano64
- Little tunny63
- Striped bass61
- Atlantic croaker60
- Black sea bass60
- Spot60
- Summer flounder57
- Gag grouper55
- Red snapper52
- Black drum50
- Crevalle jack50
- King mackerel50
- Sheepshead49
- Greater amberjack44
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 3510 PM EST
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.4 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
Tuesday, Nov 3 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.0 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 7 kt NNEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
66Water temp: 69°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeas: 3.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
44Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Cobia 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 Cobia is best here
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Capers Inlet
- Depth
- 3-10 ftSlope
- Structure
- Inlet · Inner · Semi-exposedInlet · slope
- Season
- Off seasonCobia
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 Capers Inlet
Capers Inlet is a bay in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 3-10 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads inlet, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are weakfish, bluefish and red drum. It is peak season now for weakfish, bluefish, red drum and Florida pompano, and shoulder season for striped bass, Atlantic croaker, spot and summer flounder. Weakfish peak from October through November. Bluefish peak from March through April and from November through December. Red drum peak from August through November.
Tackle & technique
- Cobia
- Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
- Weakfish
- Weakfish hold along channel edges, grass beds, oyster bars and bridge shadows in bays and sounds, usually in 5 to 40 feet of water, and feed hardest at dawn, dusk and after dark. Swim soft plastics or bucktails slowly near the bottom, or drift peeler crab and bloodworms. They have soft mouths, so keep the drag light and the pressure steady.
- Bluefish
- Bluefish travel in size-sorted schools and feed where tide pushes bait past structure: inlet mouths, rips, shoal edges and the surf line, mostly in water shallower than 60 feet. Look for birds and breaking bait and cast metal or poppers into it, or soak cut bunker or mullet on the bottom from the beach. Use a short wire or heavy leader because their teeth cut light line.
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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.