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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker80
- Spot80
- Crevalle jack72
- Gray snapper70
- Atlantic tarpon68
- King mackerel67
- Red drum67
- Florida pompano65
- Southern flounder65
- Spanish mackerel64
- Summer flounder64
- Black drum62
- Spotted seatrout62
- Black sea bass61
- Sheepshead60
- Little tunny56
- Gray triggerfish55
- Red snapper55
- Weakfish55
- Gag grouper54
- Red grouper54
- Cobia53
- Greater amberjack49
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 7 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 556 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing5.1 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 · 6 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
51Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
61Water temp: 84°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.3 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
67Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Weakfish 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 Weakfish is best here
Shoulder season for Weakfish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Charleston Harbor
- Depth
- 15-25 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonWeakfish
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 Charleston Harbor
Charleston Harbor is a bay in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 15-25 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 Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, 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
- 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.
- 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.