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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker69
- Spot66
- Atlantic tarpon61
- Red drum58
- Crevalle jack57
- Florida pompano55
- Gray snapper55
- Summer flounder55
- King mackerel54
- Southern flounder54
- Spanish mackerel50
- Black drum49
- Black sea bass48
- Little tunny48
- Gag grouper47
- Gray triggerfish47
- Red grouper46
- Red snapper46
- Spotted seatrout46
- Sheepshead44
- Weakfish43
- Cobia42
- Greater amberjack41
- Bluefish34
Best score today · 6 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 434 PM EDT
- Best window
- 4-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding5.1 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
Tuesday, Sep 22 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
66Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 3 kt NPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 83°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
54Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In range
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
Sandy Point
- Depth
- 2-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 Sandy Point
Sandy Point is a cape in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 2-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, 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 Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum 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
- 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.
Nearby spots
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- Spot 72
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- White Banks69
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- Spot 66
- Florida pompano 62
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- Bird Island Shoal69
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- Spot 67
- Florida pompano 63
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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.