Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance, SC Fishing Guide

Species at Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance

• Redfish (red drum)

  moving water pushes bait off the grass and oyster

  Season: Jan–Dec · Tide: moving water · Light: any light · Water: 55–85°F

• Speckled (spotted) seatrout

  first light over grass; cooling fall gorge before winter

  Season: Mar–May, Sep–Dec · Tide: moving water · Light: low light · Water: 58–78°F

• Flounder (southern/Gulf)

  outgoing tide flushes bait; fall stage-out to inlets

  Season: May–Jun, Sep–Nov · Tide: the outgoing tide · Light: bright daylight · Water: 60–78°F

• Sheepshead

  winter convict on barnacle structure, easy current

  Season: Jan–Apr, Dec · Tide: moving water · Light: bright daylight · Water: 50–70°F

• Black drum

  crustaceans on bottom near structure, spring run

  Season: Jan–May, Nov–Dec · Tide: moving water · Light: any light · Water: 50–72°F

• Snook

  summer spawn stacks them in inlets on falling tide

  Season: Apr–Oct · Tide: the outgoing tide · Light: low light · Water: 70–85°F

• Pompano

  incoming surf digging sand fleas off the bar, spring/fall runs

  Season: Mar–Nov · Tide: the incoming tide · Light: bright daylight · Water: 65–82°F

• Spanish mackerel

  clean moving water, chasing glass minnows in daylight

  Season: Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov · Tide: moving water · Light: bright daylight · Water: 68–82°F

• Bluefish

  spring/fall migration blitzer slashing bait on the move

  Season: Mar–May, Oct–Dec · Tide: moving water · Light: any light · Water: 55–72°F

• Cobia

  spring run sight-fished on warming nearshore water

  Season: May–Jul · Tide: any tide stage · Light: bright daylight · Water: 68–80°F

• Tripletail

  warm-water loafer holding under floating structure

  Season: Jun–Oct · Tide: any tide stage · Light: bright daylight · Water: 72–86°F

• Jack crevalle

  warm-season chaos crashing bait on moving water

  Season: May–Oct · Tide: moving water · Light: any light · Water: 72–88°F

• Ladyfish

  warm-water schools slashing bait, dawn/dusk best

  Season: May–Oct · Tide: moving water · Light: low light · Water: 70–88°F

• Atlantic croaker

  bottom feeder on cut bait in warm estuary water

  Season: Apr–Oct · Tide: moving water · Light: any light · Water: 62–84°F

• Whiting (sea mullet/kingfish)

  surf-zone bottom bite on fleas and shrimp bits

  Season: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov · Tide: moving water · Light: any light · Water: 58–80°F

• Atlantic spadefish

  summer schools picking jellies/clams near structure

  Season: May–Sep · Tide: moving water · Light: bright daylight · Water: 70–84°F

What's biting at Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance, month by month

Typical seasons for this stretch of coast — a warm or late year shifts them by a few weeks. The live forecast scores today's actual conditions.

Coastal runs that pass Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance

These species travel the coast with the seasons, so they show up on a schedule rather than living here year-round.

• Bluefish

  a fast bait-blitz run

  Timing: southbound Jan, Nov–Dec · northbound Mar–Apr · Driven by: temp + bunker/herring · Pace: fast, tracking the bait

• Bonito

  Atlantic bonito — erratic year to year; NC spring blitz + NE summer

  Timing: northbound Apr–Jun · southbound Sep–Oct · Driven by: sand eels, anchovies, butterfish · Pace: moderate; often just ahead of the albies

• False albacore

  false albacore — fall cascade Nantucket→Cape Cod→NJ→NC; the Cape Lookout run is famous

  Timing: southbound Aug–Nov · northbound Apr–May · Driven by: temp (75–86°F); bay anchovies, silversides · Pace: very fast — NC→Keys in ~23 days, ~50 mi/day

• Redfish (red drum)

  bull-red fall surf run cascades by latitude: Mid-Atl Sep–Oct → FL Oct–Nov → Gulf Nov–Dec

  Timing: southbound Sep–Nov · Driven by: falling temps trigger the nearshore spawn run · Pace: cold-front-latency tide more than fish-following-fish

• Pompano

  the strongest, cleanest cascade we have — FL Treasure Coast winter run; Gulf spring run hits Pensacola ~April

  Timing: southbound Oct–Dec · northbound Feb–May · Driven by: sand fleas & the 68–75°F edge on the move · Pace: cold-front driven; ~2–4 wk lag NC→Miami in fall

• Cobia

  SE-Atlantic stock — winters off S.FL/Keys, sight-fishing run up the beach; no clean fall cascade (disperses offshore)

  Timing: northbound Feb–Apr · Driven by: warming water; rides with cownose rays & bunker, near the surface · Pace: ~6-wk spring run; arrives NC May–Jun, Chesapeake late May

• Spanish mackerel

  Atlantic stock — strong cascade up the SE coast in spring

  Timing: northbound Feb–Jun · southbound Sep–Nov · Driven by: glass minnows & scaled sardines · Pace: tracks the 68–70°F water; ~2–3 wk lag SC→NC

• King mackerel

  Atlantic stock — winters S.FL/Keys, runs N in spring, S in fall

  Timing: northbound Apr–Jul · southbound Oct–Dec · Driven by: temp + menhaden · Pace: arrives NC ~May, smokers off NC Oct–Nov

• Mullet bait run

  THE keystone bait — the resident snook/tarpon/jacks gorge the moment it arrives

  Timing: southbound Sep–Nov · Driven by: falling temps + photoperiod · Pace: the famous fall mullet run, S down the FL east coast; peak Sep–Oct

• Bunker (menhaden) bait run

  bunker/pogies — the gamefish stack right under the schools

  Timing: northbound Mar–Jun · southbound Sep–Nov · Driven by: temp + plankton blooms · Pace: huge schools shift the coast; the #1 trigger for the fall striper/blues blitz

How Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance fishes

Open water lies to the east of Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance. A wind out of the east is onshore here — it stacks swell and chop into the mouth and pushes stirred-up water inshore, while a west wind flattens the surface and tends to clean it up.

Tide is the clock: moving water pulls bait through the mouth, and the turns around slack are when most of the roster feeds hardest.

Tides here are read from NOAA station 8666131 at 32.7033, -80.2783 — see it on NOAA CO-OPS.

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Common questions about Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance

What fish can you catch at Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance?

Redfish (red drum), Speckled (spotted) seatrout, Flounder (southern/Gulf), Sheepshead, Black drum, Snook, Pompano, Spanish mackerel, Bluefish, Cobia, Tripletail, Jack crevalle and 4 more. Each has its own season, preferred tide and water-temperature window at Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance.

When is the best time to fish Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance?

May has the most species in season (14 of 16) — Redfish (red drum), Speckled (spotted) seatrout, Flounder (southern/Gulf), Black drum, Snook, Pompano, Spanish mackerel, Bluefish. Seasons shift by a few weeks in a warm or late year.

What tide is best for fishing Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance?

11 of the 16 species here feed best on moving water. Moving water is what pulls bait through the mouth, so the hours either side of a tide change usually beat dead slack.

Which wind is bad for Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance?

Open water lies to the east, so an east wind is onshore — it stacks swell and chop into the mouth and pushes dirty water inshore. A west wind flattens and cleans it up.

Do migrating fish run past Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance?

Yes — Bluefish (southbound Jan, Nov–Dec · northbound Mar–Apr); Bonito (northbound Apr–Jun · southbound Sep–Oct); False albacore (southbound Aug–Nov · northbound Apr–May); Redfish (red drum) (southbound Sep–Nov); Pompano (southbound Oct–Dec · northbound Feb–May); Cobia (northbound Feb–Apr). These travel the coast with the seasons rather than living here year-round.

Where are the tides for Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance measured?

NOAA CO-OPS station 8666131, at 32.7033, -80.2783. What Inlet? scores the live tide, current, solunar and weather for that station.

Inlets near Lower Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance

• Toogoodoo Creek, 2 mi. above entrance 3 mi
• Leadenwah Creek, 3 mi. above entrance 6 mi
• Ocella Creek, 2 mi. above entrance 10 mi
• Pennys Creek, west entrance 13 mi
• Carters Dock, Big Bay Creek 15 mi
• Edisto Marina, Big Bay Creek entrance 15 mi
• Abbapoola Creek entrance 16 mi
• Elliott Cut entrance 17 mi

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