Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) 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.
Texas · Aransas / Copano / Redfish
Redfish should be the day — drain Lydia Ann and the oyster edges, not a Galveston jetty program.
Grass-and-oyster working water. Lydia Ann, Copano reefs, Redfish Bay. The mid-coast skiff and wade theater.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-09-12. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.
Tide + moon
low confidence
Forecast brief for Saturday, September 12. Back to this morning
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Rockport 8.7 on Saturday, September 12 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · -0.08 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
NWS
No wind reading
Sky
NWS
Sky not in
Sky not in
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
1% lit
New
spring range · 1%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.4 ft
outgoing
-0.08 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
- HighSat 4:00 AM · 0.21
- LowSat 10:00 AM · -0.21
- HighSat 5:00 PM · 0.21
- LowSat 11:00 PM · -0.22
- HighSun 5:00 AM · 0.22
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26 · 8.6
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~0.5 ft · wind to 13 mph · 1% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 8.4
Lydia Ann Channel
channel gut · field manual · mid
Working water. Edges and bars. Grass-and-oyster, not Laguna clarity.
- — channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
skiffflyspin - 8.4
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 outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
structurespinwade - 8.4
TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park
pass jetty · saved map · mid
County campground at the south jetty. Family venue. · camp-surf · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
- — pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
structurespinwade - 8.4
TX - Lighthouse Lakes Trail (SH 361)
mangrove edge · saved map · skinny
THE Texas kayak flats: mangrove lakes over Redfish Bay grass. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
- — mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
skiffkayakwadeflyspin - 8.4
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 outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
structurespinwade - 8.4
Packery Channel jetties (N)
pass jetty · saved map · mid
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 outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
structureskiffspinfly
When
Outgoing water
9.4Sat 8:00 AM → Sat 12:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.1Sat 12:00 PM → Sat 6:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.1Sat 6:00 PM → Sun 12:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.0Sun 1:00 AM → Sun 7:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4Sun 7:00 AM → Sun 1:00 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 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 sourceIndian Point Park
San Patricio County / TPWD-listed launch
Corpus / Nueces. Pier and ramp. Winter drum water from the bank.
Official sourcePort 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 outgoing (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
- — New moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
8.4
Speckled trout
Cynoscion nebulosus
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) 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
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Texas: 5/day, 14–30 in. One over 52 in allowed as part of the bag.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Generally unregulated. Still, do not leave a pile.
Regs citedTPWD Outdoor Annual · Sep 1, 2025–Aug 31, 2026 · rolls in 7 days. Texas bag and season roll every September 1. The stamp is the book we cited, not a license.