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CobiaShoulder seasonBar · South Carolina
Grenadier Shoal
32.10°N · 80.84°W · Bar · Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Crevalle jack75
- King mackerel71
- Red drum70
- Atlantic croaker69
- Atlantic tarpon68
- Spot67
- Summer flounder67
- Gray snapper65
- Spanish mackerel65
- Florida pompano61
- Little tunny58
- Black drum57
- Black sea bass56
- Gray triggerfish56
- Red snapper56
- Greater amberjack55
- Red grouper55
- Southern flounder55
- Gag grouper54
- Cobia53
- Spotted seatrout53
- Mahi-mahi50
- Weakfish50
- Sheepshead49
- Wahoo44
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
Best score today · 3 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 5311 AM EDT
- Best window
- 3-8 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.8 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 · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
79Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.8 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
67Wind: 11 kt NEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
69Water temp: 84°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeas: 1.8 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
Grenadier Shoal
- Depth
- 3-45 ftSlope
- Structure
- Shoal · Outer · ExposedShoal · 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 Grenadier Shoal
Grenadier Shoal is a bar in Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM, South Carolina. Depth is 3-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads shoal, 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, Florida pompano, little tunny and black drum. 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.