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Red grouperShoulder seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker82
- Spot77
- Atlantic tarpon76
- Red drum72
- Crevalle jack70
- Gray snapper68
- Summer flounder67
- Southern flounder65
- Spotted seatrout64
- Black drum63
- Black sea bass60
- Florida pompano60
- King mackerel60
- Weakfish58
- Spanish mackerel57
- Sheepshead55
- Gray triggerfish54
- Red snapper54
- Gag grouper53
- Red grouper53
- Little tunny50
- Greater amberjack48
- Cobia46
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 8 PM · Red grouper
- Now
- 536 PM EDT
- Best window
- 6-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing5.2 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
70Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt ESEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
72Water temp: 84°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.3 ftSeason & habitat · Red grouper
Species seasonality
45Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Red grouper 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 Red grouper is best here
Shoulder season for Red grouper · 5 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Hog Island Channel
- Depth
- 2-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · Semi-exposedChannel · slope
- Season
- Shoulder seasonRed grouper
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 red drum, 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
- Red grouper
- Red grouper live on low limestone ledges and potholed live bottom across the West Florida Shelf, mostly in 60 to 250 feet. Drift to find hard bottom, then anchor and fish live pinfish, grunts or squid on the bottom with stout conventional tackle. Reel hard right after the bite, because they dive into holes, and use a descending device on fish released from deep water.
- 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 74
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- Patriots Point71
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- Spot 69
- Gray snapper 67
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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.