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CobiaShoulder seasonGut · South Carolina
Pritchards Inlet
32.28°N · 80.55°W · Gut · Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker74
- Spot69
- Florida pompano62
- Atlantic tarpon59
- Crevalle jack59
- Red drum57
- Gray snapper56
- Summer flounder55
- King mackerel52
- Southern flounder52
- Spanish mackerel51
- Black drum48
- Black sea bass46
- Spotted seatrout46
- Weakfish46
- Wahoo45
- Little tunny44
- Mahi-mahi44
- Red snapper41
- Sheepshead41
- Cobia40
- Gag grouper39
- Gray triggerfish39
- Red grouper38
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Greater amberjack34
Best score today · 2 AM · Cobia
- Now
- 406 AM EDT
- Best window
- 8 AM-12 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High6.4 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 · 6 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
14Tide: High slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
96Wind: 8 kt NNEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
45Water temp: 84°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.8 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
65Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime 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
Pritchards Inlet
- Depth
- 2-9 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Inlet · Outer · ExposedInlet · 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 Pritchards Inlet
Pritchards Inlet is a gut in Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM, South Carolina. Depth is 2-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads inlet, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and crevalle jack, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, black drum and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October 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.
- 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 71
- Florida pompano 62
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- Bay Point75
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- Spot 73
- Florida pompano 64
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- Skull Inlet74
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- Spot 69
- Florida pompano 62
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- Bull Point72
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 72
- Spot 70
- Florida pompano 62
8 kt NNEL 11:58 AM · 1.2 ftH 6:35 PM · 7.0 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.