October 6
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are down to about 72 degrees. Both rivers are clear again and there is still plenty of bait around.
September 29
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 77 degrees. The North Edisto is still clear and the flow of fresh water into the South Edisto has slowed so that it is saltier again. There is still plenty of bait around.
September 22
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 79 degrees. The North Edisto is clear, but the South Edisto is so tannic the water is almost black and visibility is very low. There is still plenty of bait around.
September 8
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are all the way down to 80 degrees and there is a ton of freshwater that has come into the creeks.
August 24
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are still around 88 degrees and clarity is decent.
August 18
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are still around 88 degrees and the South Edisto is pretty brackish with all the recent rains, while the North Edisto is much saltier.
August 4
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are stable at 88 degrees and there are tons of shrimp and finger mullet in the creeks.
July 28
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are up to about 88 degrees and there are tons of shrimp and finger mullet in the creeks.
July 17
And one more, from Saturday...
June 29
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are up to about 78 degrees and with the South Edisto at flood stage the salinity is very low after coming up 7 feet in 3 days! Neither river is muddy but with full moon tides coming they will soon be dirty.
June 22
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are still at 74 degrees.
June 16
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are up to about 74 degrees. The North Edisto is fairly clear, but on any more extreme tides around the new and full moon the South Edisto gets pretty dirty. The rivers and creeks have filled up with bait-sized shrimp.
June 8
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are still about 72 degrees.
June 2
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 71-72 degrees and the water is dirtier after 2-4 inches of rain over the weekend.
May 26
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 72 degrees and clarity is good in both rivers.
May 12
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 71 degrees and clarity is good.
May 5
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 70 degrees and clarity is decent considering the wind and super high, full moon tides.
April 27
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 70 degrees and clarity in both rivers is good.
April 11
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 65 degrees and clarity in both rivers is good.
March 31
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 63 degrees and clarity in both rivers is good.
March 26
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are down to 60 degrees. Both rivers are clearing.
March 9
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 63 degrees. In particular the South Edisto River is still pretty tannic and dirty.
February 24
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 58 degrees. The water is still very dark and tannic around Edisto.
February 16
Morning surface water temperatures around Edisto Island are about 56 degrees. With all the rain the water is very dark and tannic around Edisto.