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 · Isla Mujeres / Cancún bank
Mahi-mahi should be the day — keep the spread out; slack here is still a current seam.
Winter sailfish capital. The fleet works the Yucatan current north of Cancún. Mahi on the weed in summer. This is a troll-and-kite desk, not a bonefish brief. Modeled tide, Open-Meteo wind.
- ⚠ 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
Mujeres 8.6 this morning. 12 mph ENE. Clear · 0%. YOLO day is Saturday, August 29. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
high slack · 0.65 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From ENE · gust 17
Sky
0% rain
Clear
Clear · 0%
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 1.3 ft
high slack
0.65 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighTue 12:21 AM · 0.65
- LowTue 7:21 AM · -0.63
- HighTue 1:21 PM · 0.61
- LowTue 7:21 PM · -0.58
- HighWed 1:21 AM · 0.55
Mexico tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing. There is no NOAA gauge here.
Monthly YOLO day
Saturday, August 29 · 9.9
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waning gibbous · spring · tide range ~0.9 ft · wind to 10 mph · 53% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 8.9
Cancún / Mujeres bank
blue water · public structure · deep
The winter sailfish fleet works this current. Troll, kite, teasers. Not a flat.
- — blue water on a high slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Mahi-mahi, Tuna (blackfin / yellowfin).
- — Troll, edge, or jig water — this is the method.
offshorespin - 8.3
Contoy / north bank
blue water · public structure · deep
North of the island. Parque Nacional Isla Contoy has rules — the park is not the troll.
- — blue water on a high slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Mahi-mahi.
- — Troll, edge, or jig water — this is the method.
offshorespin
When
Outgoing water
9.5Tue 2:21 AM → Tue 8:21 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.6Tue 8:21 AM → Tue 3:21 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.5Tue 2:21 PM → Tue 9:21 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.5Tue 8:21 PM → Wed 3:21 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.5Wed 2:21 AM → Wed 9:21 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.
Isla Mujeres marinas
CONAPESCA / Quintana Roo
The sailfish fleet door. Not a flats ramp.
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 — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Clear · 0%. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 12 mph ENE. Troll and jig are on.
- — Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Offshore wants bait and current more than a skinny tide.
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.