Mangrove / gray snapper
Lutjanus griseus
Thermal window
87.8°
In peak season for this water. Water 88°F is the hot edge for this fish.
Texas: typically 12 in, 4/day under snapper rules — verify TPWD.
Texas · Corpus Christi Bay
Tarpon are the hunt — wait for the next push through the jetties.
Packery, Shamrock, Nueces, Mustang backside. Pass water at Port Aransas. Bull reds on the jetties in fall.
Today
high confidence
Morning line
Corpus 7.7 this morning. 8 mph SSE. Clear · 0%. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
high slack · 0.06 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW
Wind
NOAA
From SSE · gust 11
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
NOAA 8775792
Water
87.8°
Today’s range 0.5 ft
high slack
0.06 ft MLLW
River
USGS 08211000
69 cfs
Nueces Rv nr Mathis, TX
Discharge into this bay. High water stains the flat.
Wind vs table
Observed − predicted
-0.18 ft
Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.
Clock
NOAA 8775792
- LowTue 1:02 AM · 0.05
- HighTue 12:33 PM · 0.51
- LowWed 1:41 AM · 0.08
- HighWed 1:01 PM · 0.49
- LowThu 2:08 AM · 0.14
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26 · 8.5
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~0.4 ft · wind to 19 mph · 4% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 7.5
TX - Goose Island State Park
grass flat · saved map · mid
Camp base; kayak St. Charles/Copano. Winter reds + whoopers. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
- — grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Tarpon, Mangrove / gray snapper.
skiffkayakwadeflyspin - 7.5
TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch
serpulid reef · saved map · skinny
Shamrock Cove reds year-round. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
- — serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Tarpon, Mangrove / gray snapper.
skiffkayakwadeflyspin - 7.5
TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS)
grass flat · saved map · mid
Camp ON the Upper Laguna flats. Kayak launch on site. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
- — grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Tarpon, Mangrove / gray snapper.
skiffkayakwadeflyspin - 7.5
TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway)
serpulid reef · saved map · mid
County camping + ramp on Cayo del Grullo. Trophy trout; mind the rocks. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
- — serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Tarpon, Mangrove / gray snapper.
skiffkayakwadeflyspin - 7.5
Nine Mile Hole / upper Laguna back country
grass flat · saved map · skinny
Remote ULM sight-casting. Shallow, skinny, low pressure. APPROX. · 4 - FLATS ZONES - NO WADE REQUIRED (green) · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats
- — grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Tarpon, Mangrove / gray snapper.
skiffkayakwadeflyspin - 7.5
Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS
serpulid reef · saved map · mid
Trophy trout capital of Texas. Hypersaline, serpulid ROCK FORMATIONS WILL EAT A LOWER UNIT - drift it or run with someone who knows them. Kaufer-Hubert Park = county camping + ramp on Cayo del Grullo. · 4 - FLATS ZONES - NO WADE REQUIRED (green) · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats
- — serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Tarpon, Mangrove / gray snapper.
skiffkayakwadeflyspin
When
Incoming water
10.0Tue 4:00 AM → Tue 12:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
10.0Tue 5:00 PM → Wed 2:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
10.0Wed 4:00 AM → Wed 12:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
10.0Wed 7:00 PM → Thu 2:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
10.0Thu 5:00 AM → Thu 12:00 PM
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.
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 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 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 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 from NOAA.
- — Observed water is close to the astronomical prediction — the table is telling the truth today.
- — Water 87.8°F. Heat is the locator: early, late, deeper.
- — Clear · 0%. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 8 mph SSE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
5.6
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Thermal window
87.8°
Present, not peak.
Texas: treat as catch-and-release.
Speckled trout
Cynoscion nebulosus
Thermal window
87.8°
Present, not peak. Water 88°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.
Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
Thermal window
87.8°
Present, not peak. Water 88°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.
Black drum
Pogonias cromis
Thermal window
87.8°
Off-season here. Water 88°F is the hot edge for this fish. This tide stage (high slack) matches how they hunt.
Texas: 5/day, 14–30 in. One over 52 in allowed as part of the bag.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
Thermal window
87.8°
Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.
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.