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CobiaShoulder seasonBar · South Carolina
Fishing Rip
32.22°N · 80.64°W · Bar · Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker71
- Spot69
- Crevalle jack66
- King mackerel63
- Red drum63
- Atlantic tarpon62
- Florida pompano61
- Spanish mackerel61
- Summer flounder60
- Gray snapper58
- Black drum53
- Little tunny53
- Black sea bass52
- Wahoo52
- Gray triggerfish51
- Red snapper51
- Gag grouper50
- Mahi-mahi50
- Red grouper50
- Southern flounder49
- Greater amberjack47
- Cobia45
- Sheepshead45
- Weakfish43
- Spotted seatrout39
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
Best score today · 3 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 457 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing5.8 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 · 7 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
39Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
91Wind: 10 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
57Water temp: 84°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.1 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
Fishing Rip
- Depth
- 30-40 ftSlope
- Structure
- Rip · Outer · ExposedRip · slope
- 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 Fishing Rip
Fishing Rip is a bar in Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM, South Carolina. Depth is 30-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads rip, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and crevalle jack. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and king mackerel, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and little tunny. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Crevalle jack peak from July through October.
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.
- 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 72
- Florida pompano 67
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- Baypoint Reach73
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- Crevalle jack 67
- Atlantic tarpon 66
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- Great North Breakers73
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- Spot 71
- Florida pompano 68
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- Joiner Bank72
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Florida pompano 68
10 kt NNEL 12:05 PM · 1.3 ftH 6:37 PM · 6.7 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.