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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker79
- Spot74
- Atlantic tarpon67
- Red drum60
- Southern flounder59
- Gray snapper58
- Crevalle jack55
- Summer flounder54
- Black drum53
- Florida pompano53
- Spotted seatrout52
- Weakfish49
- King mackerel47
- Black sea bass46
- Red snapper43
- Sheepshead43
- Gray triggerfish41
- Spanish mackerel41
- Gag grouper39
- Red grouper39
- Cobia35
- Greater amberjack35
- Little tunny34
- Bluefish29
Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 354 AM EDT
- Best window
- 4-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High4.5 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 · 4 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
18Tide: High slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 3 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
52Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.2 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
43Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Shoulder season for Cobia · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Clark Creek
- Depth
- 3-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Estuary · Outer · ExposedEstuary · slope
- Season
- Shoulder 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 Clark Creek
Clark Creek is a gut in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 3-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads estuary, 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 red drum, and shoulder season for black drum, Florida pompano, weakfish and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
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.
- 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
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- Spot 74
- Atlantic tarpon 64
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- Sandy Point70
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- Spot 68
- Atlantic tarpon 59
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- White Banks70
Bar · 2.7 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 70
- Spot 68
- Florida pompano 60
3 kt NNWL 10:05 AM · 1.3 ftH 4:48 PM · 5.2 ft
- Cape Romain67
Cape · 6.2 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Spot 64
- Atlantic tarpon 55
1 kt NWL 9:55 AM · 1.3 ftH 4:32 PM · 5.0 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.