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Texas · Upper Laguna / Baffin

Mahi-mahi are the hunt — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

Hypersaline, clear, seagrass and serpulid rock. Trophy trout water. Land Cut, Nine Mile Hole, Badlands. Not Rockport — do not fish it like Rockport.

  • ⚠ Extreme water temperature. Fish stress quickly — keep them wet, or don't boat them.
6.2OF 10

Today

medium confidence

Morning line

Baffin 6.2 this morning. 12 mph SE. Mostly Clear · 0%. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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-0.3-0.2-0.00.20.3HLHLHLHLNOWMon 7 PMTue 7 PMWed 7 PMThu 7 PM
high slack · 0.16 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

NOAA

NESW12MPH

From SE · gust 16

Sky

0% rain

Clear

Mostly Clear · 0%

A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.

Moon

91% lit

Waxing gibbous

mid range · 91%

Water

NOAA 8776604

Water

91.0°

48°92°

Today’s range 0.3 ft

high slack

0.16 ft modeled

Wind vs table

No live gauge

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No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Clock

NOAA 8776604

  • HighTue 12:19 AM · 0.17
  • LowTue 6:19 AM · -0.16
  • HighTue 1:19 PM · 0.15
  • LowTue 7:19 PM · -0.15
  • HighWed 1:19 AM · 0.14

Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.

Monthly YOLO day

Monday, August 31 · 8.4

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~0.3 ft · wind to 17 mph · 4% chance of rain

Stay or drive · Baffin vs LLMOpen the calendarMorning dispatch

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

No marks match this method on this water.

When

  • Outgoing water

    9.5

    Tue 2:19 AM → Tue 8:19 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    8.6

    Tue 8:19 AM → Tue 2:19 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Outgoing water

    9.5

    Tue 2:19 PM → Tue 8:19 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Incoming water

    9.5

    Tue 9:19 PM → Wed 2:19 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.5

    Wed 3:19 AM → Wed 8:19 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

Launch and beach access

Cited to TPWD, Texas GLO beach-access plans, and NPS. 2WD/4WD is the county plan, not a guess.

  • Packery Channel County Park

    Nueces County / TPWD-listed launch

    Ramp both sides of the cut. Wade the bars on a moving tide.

    Official source

  • Malaquite Visitor Center — PINS

    NPS Padre Island National Seashore

    South Beach driving is 4WD, NPS permit, tires aired down. Closed sections shift after storms. Confirm nps.gov/pais before you drop a tire.

    Official source

  • PINS North Beach

    NPS Padre Island National Seashore

    North Beach is the easier drive. Still NPS rules, not a county 2WD corridor.

    Official source

  • Padre Balli Park / Bob Hall Pier

    Nueces County / GLO beach access

    Packery neighborhood. Pier, beach, county park. Confirm pier status after storms.

    Official source

  • Kaufer-Hubert Memorial Park / Loyola Beach

    Kleberg County / TPWD-listed launch

    The Baffin door from land. Ramp on the Laguna. King's Inn is the fried-shrimp shrine, not a waypoint.

    Official source

  • Bird Island Basin — PINS

    NPS Padre Island National Seashore

    Laguna-side campground and ramp. NPS fee. Windsurf and kayak water. Not the Gulf beach drive.

    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 high slack (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
  • — Water 91.0°F. Heat is the locator: early, late, deeper.
  • — Mostly Clear · 0%. Sky is workable.
  • — Wind 12 mph SE. Troll and jig are on.
  • — Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Mahi-mahi

Coryphaena hippurus

5.9

Thermal window

91.0°

66°92°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. Water 91°F is the hot edge for this fish.

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

5.9

Thermal window

91.0°

66°92°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. Water 91°F is the hot edge for this fish.

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

5.9

Thermal window

91.0°

68°90°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. Water 91°F is the hot edge for this fish.

Federal HMS. Canyon water. Treat as catch-and-release. Verify NOAA HMS.

White marlin

Kajikia albida

5.9

Thermal window

91.0°

66°88°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. Water 91°F is the hot edge for this fish.

Federal HMS. Canyon water. Treat as catch-and-release.

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

4.1

Thermal window

91.0°

60°84°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Present, not peak. Water 91°F is the hot edge for this fish.

Federal HMS. Canyon water. Verify NOAA HMS. Not a jetty.

Sailfish

Istiophorus platypterus

2.3

Thermal window

91.0°

66°90°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here. Water 91°F is the hot edge for this fish.

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

2.3

Thermal window

91.0°

66°88°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here. Water 91°F is the hot edge for this fish.

Texas: verify TPWD and NOAA. Way offshore, not the jetty.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

91.0°

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. Water 91°F is the hot edge for this fish.

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.