Texas · Aransas / Copano / Redfish
Grass-and-oyster working water. Lydia Ann, Copano reefs, Redfish Bay. The mid-coast skiff and wade theater.
Forecast
medium confidence
Morning line
Rockport 8.5 on Tuesday, August 25. 7 mph SSW. Sunny · 2%. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
Wind
NWS
From SSW
Sky
2% rain
Clear
Sunny · 2%
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
93% lit
Waxing gibbous
mid range · 93%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.4 ft
incoming
0.37 ft MLLW
Wind vs table
Observed − predicted
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No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.
Clock
NOAA 8774770
Monthly YOLO day
Monday, August 31 · 9.4
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~0.6 ft · wind to 12 mph · 8% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
F/V MISS TAKE
wreck edge · public structure · deep
dangerous wreck · sounding 9.1 · US,US,reprt,8thCGD,LNM 21/03 NOAA ENC — surveyed position, not a navigation chart.
Incoming water
9.1Tue 8:00 AM → Tue 12:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
10.0Tue 5:00 PM → Wed 1:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
10.0Wed 3:00 AM → Wed 12:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
10.0Wed 6:00 PM → Thu 2:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
10.0Thu 3:00 AM → Thu 7:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Cited to TPWD, Texas GLO beach-access plans, and NPS. 2WD/4WD is the county plan, not a guess.
Goose Island State Park
TPWD state park
Ramp, pier, wade shore. Copano / St. Charles.
Official sourcePackery Channel County Park
Nueces County / TPWD-listed launch
Ramp both sides of the cut. Wade the bars on a moving tide.
Official sourceFulton Harbor
Aransas County / TPWD-listed launch
Copano and Aransas. Goose Island is the other public door.
Official sourceRockport Beach
City of Rockport / GLO beach access
Bay beach, pier, and park. Not a Gulf drive-on corridor.
Official sourceIndian Point Park
San Patricio County / TPWD-listed launch
Corpus / Nueces. Pier and ramp. Winter drum water from the bank.
Official sourcePort Aransas Beach Access 1A
City of Port Aransas / Texas GLO beach access
Typical 2WD when packed. City + GLO plan. Jetties are a short walk north.
Official sourceNo-take and closed water cited to the agency that owns it. Only the Keys box is FKNMS.
No FKNMS polygon in this box. Mainland Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and the Bahamas are not Keys sanctuary closures.
Mahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Florida: typically 10/person, 60/vessel, 20 in fork. Texas: 3/day in federal waters under HMS/coastal rules — verify NOAA HMS and TPWD. Mexico: verify CONAPESCA. Bahamas: check current bag.
Tuna (blackfin / yellowfin)
Thunnus atlanticus / Thunnus albacares
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Federal HMS rules. Yellowfin typically 27 in curved fork. Blackfin often more liberal — verify NOAA HMS and FWC/TPWD the morning you leave the inlet.
Blue marlin
Makaira nigricans
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Federal HMS. Canyon water. Treat as catch-and-release. Verify NOAA HMS.
White marlin
Kajikia albida
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Federal HMS. Canyon water. Treat as catch-and-release.
Swordfish
Xiphias gladius
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Federal HMS. Canyon water. Verify NOAA HMS. Not a jetty.
Sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Florida: catch-and-release for Atlantic sail except a rare harvest tag. Federal HMS permit in federal waters. Texas/Bahamas: treat as C&R.
Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Texas: verify TPWD and NOAA. Way offshore, not the jetty.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
Thermal window
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Generally unregulated. Still, do not leave a pile.
Regs citedTPWD Outdoor Annual · Sep 1, 2025–Aug 31, 2026 · rolls in 8 days. Texas bag and season roll every September 1. The stamp is the book we cited, not a license.