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Redfish should be the day — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

Grass-and-oyster working water. Lydia Ann, Copano reefs, Redfish Bay. The mid-coast skiff and wade theater.

  • ⚠ This brief is for 2026-09-08, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
8.2OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Tuesday, September 8. Back to this morning

Morning line

Rockport 8.2 on Tuesday, September 8. 20 mph SSE. Overcast. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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-0.5-0.3-0.00.20.5LHLHLHLHTue 7 AMWed 7 AMThu 7 AMFri 7 AM
incoming · -0.22 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW20MPH

From SSE · gust 29

Sky

25% rain

Clouds

Overcast

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

Moon

12% lit

Waning crescent

mid range · 12%

Water

No gauge

Water

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48°92°

Today’s range 0.7 ft

incoming

-0.22 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 8774770

  • LowTue 6:00 AM · -0.36
  • HighTue 12:00 PM · 0.34
  • LowTue 7:00 PM · -0.32
  • HighWed 1:00 AM · 0.32
  • LowWed 7:00 AM · -0.31

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

Monthly YOLO day

Wednesday, August 26 · 8.5

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~0.4 ft · wind to 13 mph · 1% chance of rain

Stay or drive · Rockport vs CorpusOpen the calendarMorning dispatch

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP

    pass jetty · saved map · mid

    7.8

    Reservable beach sites; Fish Pass jetty 1 mi up-beach; bayside kayak trail. · camp-surf · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

    • — pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
    structurespinwade

  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park

    pass jetty · saved map · mid

    7.8

    County campground at the south jetty. Family venue. · camp-surf · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

    • — pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
    structurespinwade

  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery

    pass jetty · saved map · mid

    7.8

    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 incoming tide is a classic match.
    • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
    structurespinwade

  • Packery Channel jetties (N)

    pass jetty · saved map · mid

    7.8

    TIER 2 and the best structure-to-effort ratio on the coast. Reopened 2006, 20 min from Corpus. START HERE for jetty work. · 2 - JETTY STRUCTURES (white) · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats

    • — pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
    structureskiffspinfly

  • Packery Channel jetties (S)

    pass jetty · saved map · mid

    7.8

    South side of the same cut. · 2 - JETTY STRUCTURES (white) · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats

    • — pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
    structureskiffspinfly

  • Copano Bay reefs

    oyster reef · public structure · mid

    7.7

    NOAA 8774513 nearby. Winter trout and mixed drum. Shell that still has water on a blowout.

    • — oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • — In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish.
    skiffwadeflyspin

When

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Tue 8:00 AM → Tue 2:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.1

    Tue 2:00 PM → Tue 8:00 PM

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

  • Incoming water

    8.0

    Tue 8:00 PM → Wed 2:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.4

    Wed 2:00 AM → Wed 9:00 AM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Wed 8:00 AM → Wed 3:00 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 source

  • Packery Channel County Park

    Nueces County / TPWD-listed launch

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

    Official source

  • Fulton Harbor

    Aransas County / TPWD-listed launch

    Copano and Aransas. Goose Island is the other public door.

    Official source

  • Rockport Beach

    City of Rockport / GLO beach access

    Bay beach, pier, and park. Not a Gulf drive-on corridor.

    Official source

  • Indian Point Park

    San Patricio County / TPWD-listed launch

    Corpus / Nueces. Pier and ramp. Winter drum water from the bank.

    Official source

  • Port Aransas Beach Access 1A

    City of Port Aransas / Texas GLO beach access

    Typical 2WD when packed. City + GLO plan. Jetties are a short walk north.

    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 incoming (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
  • — Overcast. Sky is workable.
  • — Wind 20 mph SSE. This is a spin / structure / stay-home call.
  • — Waning crescent moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Redfish

Sciaenops ocellatus

8.4

Thermal window

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48°92°

In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

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.

Speckled trout

Cynoscion nebulosus

6.6

Thermal window

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44°90°

Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

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.

Black drum

Pogonias cromis

4.8

Thermal window

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46°88°

Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Texas: 5/day, 14–30 in. One over 52 in allowed as part of the bag.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

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64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

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.