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- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker72
- Spot70
- Red drum68
- Atlantic tarpon65
- Crevalle jack65
- Summer flounder61
- Florida pompano59
- Southern flounder59
- Spanish mackerel57
- King mackerel56
- Gray snapper55
- Little tunny50
- Cobia49
- Spotted seatrout49
- Black drum48
- Gray triggerfish48
- Black sea bass47
- Red grouper47
- Red snapper47
- Gag grouper46
- Sheepshead45
- Weakfish45
- Greater amberjack43
- Bluefish35
Best score today · 6 PM · Weakfish
- Now
- 453 PM EDT
- Best window
- 5-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing5.4 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 · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
39Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 3 kt SSEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
33Water temp: 84°F, hotLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.4 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
72Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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
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- Shoulder
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Spot profile
Stono Inlet
- Depth
- 6-35 ftSlope
- Structure
- Inlet · Inner · Semi-exposedInlet · slope
- 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 Stono Inlet
Stono Inlet is a bay in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Depth is 6-35 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads inlet, 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 Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, little tunny and cobia. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Red drum peak from August through November.
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 63
- Red drum 61
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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.