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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker75
- Spot70
- Atlantic tarpon68
- Crevalle jack62
- Red drum62
- Summer flounder62
- Gray snapper60
- Southern flounder57
- Black drum55
- Black sea bass53
- Florida pompano53
- King mackerel53
- Spotted seatrout51
- Weakfish51
- Sheepshead48
- Spanish mackerel48
- Gag grouper46
- Gray triggerfish46
- Red grouper46
- Red snapper45
- Greater amberjack41
- Cobia40
- Little tunny40
- Bluefish29
Best score today · 9 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 404 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding5.4 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 · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
45Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
50Water temp: 85°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.3 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 today
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
Hog Island Channel
- Depth
- 2-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · 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 Hog Island Channel
Hog Island Channel is a channel in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 2-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads channel, inner water and semi-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 crevalle jack, and shoulder season for black drum, black sea bass, Florida pompano and weakfish. 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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- Atlantic tarpon 70
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- Bennis Reach77
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- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 70
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- Folly Island Channel77
Channel · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 77
- Spot 72
- Atlantic tarpon 69
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- Patriots Point68
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 66
- Gray snapper 62
7 kt ESEH 4:54 PM · 5.6 ftL 11:11 PM · 1.5 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.