Striped marlin
Kajikia audax
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Pacific / Sea of Cortez. Baja, not the Gulf. In peak season for this water.
Mexico: East Cape and the mouth of the Cortez. Typically catch-and-release. Verify CONAPESCA. Not an Atlantic white.
Mexico · Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an
Mahi-mahi should be the day — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.
Yucatan flats. Bones, permit, and baby tarpon inside Sian Ka’an. Punta Allen is the village. Lodge water, biosphere rules. Tide is a modeled Caribbean clock — there is no NOAA gauge. Not Baja.
- ⚠ Mexico requires a CONAPESCA license. Sian Ka’an, Contoy, and Espíritu Santo are park or biosphere water — verify before you fish.
Today
medium confidence
Morning line
Ascension 6.6 this morning. wind not in yet. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
low slack · 0.47 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
No wind reading
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Sky not in
Sky not in
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
91% lit
Waxing gibbous
mid range · 91%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.0 ft
low slack
0.47 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighTue 1:20 AM · 0.49
- LowTue 7:20 AM · -0.48
- HighTue 1:20 PM · 0.46
- LowTue 7:20 PM · -0.44
- HighWed 1:20 AM · 0.41
Mexico tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing. There is no NOAA gauge here.
Monthly YOLO day
Tuesday, August 25 · 9.5
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~1.0 ft · wind to 9 mph · Rain · 49%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
No marks match this method on this water.
When
Outgoing water
9.4Tue 2:20 AM → Tue 9:20 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.5Tue 8:20 AM → Tue 3:20 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4Tue 2:20 PM → Tue 9:20 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Tue 9:20 PM → Wed 3:20 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.4Wed 3:20 AM → Wed 9:20 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Launch and beach access
Lodge towns and cited marinas. CONAPESCA license. Biosphere and park water is not a freelance wade.
Punta Allen / Sian Ka’an
Sian Ka’an Biosphere / CONAPESCA
Village launch into Ascension Bay. Biosphere reserve. Lodge and park rules. CONAPESCA license.
Official source
Legal water
No-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.
Why — and who
- — Tide is low slack (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
7.3
Roosterfish
Nematistius pectoralis
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Pacific / Sea of Cortez. Baja, not the Gulf. In peak season for this water.
Mexico: verify CONAPESCA. East Cape and La Paz programs are typically catch-and-release.
Mahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water.
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
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water.
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
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water.
Mexico: Pacific or Yucatan blue water. Verify CONAPESCA. Not a lagoon.
Swordfish
Xiphias gladius
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Present, not peak.
Mexico: verify CONAPESCA.
Sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here.
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
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here.
Mexico: verify CONAPESCA.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.
Incidental. Not why you booked Ascension or East Cape.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.
Incidental. Ciguatera is a real reason not to keep a big one.
Regs citedCONAPESCA recreational license · current CONAPESCA rules · rolls in 8 days. Sian Ka’an, Contoy, and Espíritu Santo are park or biosphere water. Roosterfish is Baja, not the Gulf.