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CobiaShoulder seasonBar · South Carolina
Combahee Bank
32.48°N · 80.43°W · Bar · Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Crevalle jack79
- King mackerel75
- Red drum72
- Atlantic croaker71
- Summer flounder71
- Atlantic tarpon70
- Gray snapper69
- Spot68
- Spanish mackerel67
- Gray triggerfish64
- Red grouper64
- Gag grouper63
- Greater amberjack63
- Red snapper63
- Florida pompano61
- Little tunny61
- Black sea bass59
- Black drum57
- Cobia57
- Southern flounder57
- Spotted seatrout55
- Weakfish54
- Sheepshead51
- Mahi-mahi50
- Wahoo44
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
Best score today · 2 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 5710 AM EDT
- Best window
- 2 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.7 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 · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
80Wind: 10 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
58Water temp: 84°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 2.0 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
58Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: 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 yesterday
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
Combahee Bank
- Depth
- 7-15 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bank · Outer · ExposedBank · flat bottom
- 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 Combahee Bank
Combahee Bank is a bar in Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM, South Carolina. Depth is 7-15 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bank, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, king mackerel and red drum. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, king mackerel, red drum and Atlantic croaker, and shoulder season for Spanish mackerel, gray triggerfish, red grouper and gag grouper. Crevalle jack peak from July through October. King mackerel peak in May and from September through October. Red drum peak from August through November.
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.
- Crevalle jack
- Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
- King mackerel
- Kings roam from beaches and pier ends out to reefs, wrecks and ledges in 40 to 200 feet, usually feeding in the upper half of the water column. Slow-troll live menhaden, blue runners or cigar minnows on a light wire stinger rig, or pull spoons and ribbonfish past bait schools. Look for clean green water above 68 F with bait and birds on it.
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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.