Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
Thermal window
91.0°
Present, not peak. Water 91°F is the hot edge for this fish.
Texas (Sep 1 2025–Aug 31 2026): 3/day, 20–28 in slot. One over 28 in per license year with a Red Drum Tag.
Texas · Upper Laguna / Baffin
Speckled trout are in the mix — 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.
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.
high slack · 0.16 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
NOAA
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°
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 12:18 AM · 0.16
- LowTue 6:18 AM · -0.15
- HighTue 1:18 PM · 0.15
- LowTue 7:18 PM · -0.15
- HighWed 1:18 AM · 0.14
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Monday, August 31 · 8.1
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
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 5.2
TX - Mustang Island SP
pass jetty · saved map · mid
Reservable beach sites; Fish Pass jetty 1 mi up-beach; bayside kayak trail. · camp-surf · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
- — pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
structurespinwade - 5.2
TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5
pass jetty · saved map · mid
Free primitive w/ park pass. 2WD-friendly first 5 miles. · camp-surf · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
- — pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
structurespinwade - 5.2
TX - PINS Bird Island Basin
sand dropoff · saved map · mid
Laguna-side campground: camp ON the flats, kayak at tent flap. · camp-surf · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
- — sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
structurespinwade - 5.2
Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery
pass jetty · saved map · mid
Reservable SP beach sites; Fish Pass jetty remnants ~1 mi up-beach; bayside kayak trail behind. The training beach. · 1 - BEACH CORRIDORS (yellow=2WD, orange=4WD, red=Big Shell) · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats
- — pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
structurespinwade - 5.2
PINS South Beach - miles 0-5 (2WD hard pack)
pass jetty · saved map · mid
Free primitive with park pass. First 5 miles are 2WD-friendly. The starter overnight. NO DRONES (NPS ban). · 1 - BEACH CORRIDORS (yellow=2WD, orange=4WD, red=Big Shell) · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats
- — pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
structurespinwade - 5.2
PINS 4WD zone - miles 5-60 to Mansfield Cut
sand dropoff · saved map · mid
Soft sand, no services, no cell. Air down 18-20 psi, full recovery kit, never below 30% battery. NO DRONES. · 1 - BEACH CORRIDORS (yellow=2WD, orange=4WD, red=Big Shell) · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats
- — sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
structurespinwade
When
Outgoing water
9.5Tue 2:18 AM → Tue 8:18 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.6Tue 8:18 AM → Tue 2:18 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.5Tue 2:18 PM → Tue 8:18 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.5Tue 9:18 PM → Wed 2:18 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.5Wed 3:18 AM → Wed 8:18 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 sourceMalaquite 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 sourcePINS North Beach
NPS Padre Island National Seashore
North Beach is the easier drive. Still NPS rules, not a county 2WD corridor.
Official sourcePadre Balli Park / Bob Hall Pier
Nueces County / GLO beach access
Packery neighborhood. Pier, beach, county park. Confirm pier status after storms.
Official sourceKaufer-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 sourceBird 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. Work the leeward shore. Fly gets harder.
- — Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
4.1
Speckled trout
Cynoscion nebulosus
Thermal window
91.0°
Present, not peak. Water 91°F is the hot edge for this fish.
Texas: 3/day, 15–20 in slot. One over 28 in per license year with a Spotted Seatrout Tag (plus bonus). Soft mouth + slot = measure every fish.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
Thermal window
91.0°
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.