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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Bluefish61
- Little tunny61
- Red drum61
- Weakfish60
- Florida pompano57
- Striped bass56
- Atlantic croaker53
- Spot53
- Black sea bass52
- Summer flounder51
- Gag grouper48
- Black drum46
- Red snapper45
- Crevalle jack44
- King mackerel44
- Sheepshead41
- Greater amberjack38
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Cobia35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Gray snapper34
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 358 PM EST
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.8 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
Saturday, Nov 14 · 8 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
99Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt NEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 68°F, coolLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & 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 bluefish, little tunny and red drum. It is peak season now for bluefish, little tunny, red drum and weakfish, and shoulder season for striped bass, Atlantic croaker, spot and summer flounder. Bluefish peak from March through April and from November through December. Little tunny peak from October through November. 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.
- 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.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
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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.