howsthebite · South Carolina
How's the bite in South Carolina today?
- Lockjaw
- Picky
- Biting
- On fire
2 tracked waters in SC. Faded dots are the rest of the country. 1 outside the map area.
| Index | Water | Temp | Level | Best window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Picky | Lake Murray | — | 356.02 ft | 3:25 AM–5:25 AM |
| 5 Picky | Santee Cooper | 84°F | 73.37 ft | 3:20 AM–5:20 AM |
Rebuilt 9:00 AM · every reading carries its station on the water's own page.
Before you go
A South Carolina fishing licence runs $10 a year for residents. SCDNR sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What a South Carolina fishing licence costs, and who is exempt → The days you can fish South Carolina without a licence →What you may keep
SCDNR sets a size or bag limit for 22 species here — 21 with at least one area open today. Where a species is open in one water and closed in another, its own page says which. Each page carries the agency's own figures, the date they were read, and what is still unsettled.
- American eel
- Black drum
- Blue catfish
- Bluefish
- Cobia
- Crappie (black and white)
- Dolphin (mahi-mahi)
- Florida pompano
- Flounder
- Hybrid bass, white bass, and combinations
- King mackerel
- Largemouth bass
- Red drum (spottail bass)
- Saltwater catfishes (hardhead and gafftopsail) closed today
- Sheepshead
- Spanish mackerel
- Spotted seatrout
- Striped bass
- Tarpon
- Tripletail
- Wahoo
- Weakfish
Can you eat what you catch?
That call belongs to South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) — this moved from DHEC to SCDES when the agency split in 2024, so older links point to the wrong place. We link the source instead of paraphrasing health advice.
SCDES consumption advisories →