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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker65
- Spot63
- Red drum61
- Florida pompano59
- Summer flounder56
- Atlantic tarpon55
- Crevalle jack55
- Gray snapper54
- Black drum52
- Spanish mackerel52
- Southern flounder51
- King mackerel49
- Spotted seatrout48
- Black sea bass46
- Gray triggerfish46
- Gag grouper45
- Little tunny45
- Red grouper45
- Red snapper45
- Sheepshead43
- Greater amberjack41
- Cobia39
- Weakfish36
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 6 PM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 463 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 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 · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
53Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 3 kt SSEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
62Water temp: 84°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
46Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Gray triggerfish 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 Gray triggerfish is best here
Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 6 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Middle Ground
- Depth
- 10-20 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonGray triggerfish
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 Middle Ground
Middle Ground is a bar in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 10-20 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 24 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and red drum. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, red drum and summer flounder, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, Spanish mackerel and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August through November.
Tackle & technique
- Gray triggerfish
- Gray triggerfish hover a few feet over reefs, wrecks and ledges, usually in 60 to 200 feet, and often show up while snapper fishing. Use small, strong circle hooks with small pieces of squid or cut bait on a short bottom rig, because they nibble and strip big baits. Keep the bait just off the bottom and reel steadily at the first solid pull.
- 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 69
- Red drum 67
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- South Channel73
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 68
- Red drum 66
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- Bennis Reach73
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 73
- Spot 68
- Red drum 66
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- Charleston Harbor72
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 72
- Crevalle jack 62
3 kt SSEL 8:32 PM · 1.8 ftH 2:11 AM · 4.6 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.