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WeakfishShoulder seasonBar · South Carolina
Oyster Bank
32.44°N · 80.46°W · Bar · Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker73
- Spot71
- Red drum68
- Atlantic tarpon67
- Crevalle jack62
- Florida pompano62
- Southern flounder62
- Gray snapper59
- Summer flounder59
- King mackerel58
- Red snapper56
- Spotted seatrout56
- Black drum55
- Spanish mackerel54
- Gray triggerfish53
- Red grouper53
- Gag grouper52
- Black sea bass49
- Weakfish47
- Cobia46
- Greater amberjack46
- Little tunny46
- Sheepshead44
- Mahi-mahi43
- Wahoo36
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
Best score today · 2 AM · Weakfish
- Now
- 475 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding5.7 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 · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
55Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
97Wind: 8 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
47Water temp: 84°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.7 ftSeason & habitat · Weakfish
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 yesterday
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
Oyster Bank
- Depth
- 4-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bank · Outer · Semi-exposedBank · 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 Oyster Bank
Oyster Bank is a bar in Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM, South Carolina. Depth is 4-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bank, outer water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 28 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, red snapper, black drum and Spanish mackerel. 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.
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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.