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 2027-03-02, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
- Tide · NOAA 8774770
- NDBC ANPT2 quiet
- No salinity probe on this desk
- No river gauge on this desk
- Red-tide check failed — not all-clear
- Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
- Water temp quiet
Forecast
medium confidence
Forecast brief for Tuesday, March 2. Back to this morning
Morning line
Rockport 9.0 on Tuesday, March 2. 14 mph SE. Clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · -0.32 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 8774770 · Rockport · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SE · gust 17
Buoy
NDBC ANPT2
Quiet
Aransas Pass did not report. Witness only — not the tide clock.
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clear
Clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
30% lit
Waning crescent
neap range · 30%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.3 ft
outgoing
-0.32 ft MLLW
Coast
No live coast layer
Red-tide check failed. That is not all-clear — open the agency page before you wade.
Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.
Salinity / color
No USGS 00480 well on this desk. Do not borrow another bay’s river.
River
No gauge
No gauge
No USGS discharge gauge on this desk. Wind and the table still tell the color story.
Wind vs table
Observed − predicted
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No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.
Clock
NOAA 8774770
- LowTue 9:07 AM · -0.33
- HighTue 10:08 PM · 0.01
- LowWed 9:58 AM · -0.32
- HighThu 12:00 AM · 0.01
- LowThu 10:41 AM · -0.31
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26
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 12 mph · 5% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 9.0
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, Black drum.
structurespinwade - 9.0
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, Black drum.
structurespinwade - 9.0
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, Black drum.
skiffkayakwadeflyspin - 9.0
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, Black drum.
structurespinwade - 9.0
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, Black drum.
structureskiffspinfly - 9.0
Packery Channel jetties (S)
pass jetty · saved map · mid
South side of the same cut. · 2 - JETTY STRUCTURES (white) · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats
- — pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout, Black drum.
structureskiffspinfly
When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. Today’s ring mixes the best mark, the lead fish, and the best window, then taxes the sky. A strong incoming can sit under a weak day if the wind or the fish is off. Calendar cells are a third recipe: range, moon, and the day’s forecast.
Outgoing water
9.5Tue 8:00 AM → Tue 10:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Last light · incoming
9.2Tue 12:00 PM → Tue 9:00 PM
Last light on incoming water.
First light · outgoing
9.5Wed 4:00 AM → Wed 11:00 AM
First light on outgoing water.
Last light · incoming
9.2Wed 12:00 PM → Wed 10:00 PM
Last light on incoming water.
First light · outgoing
9.5Thu 5:00 AM → Thu 11:00 AM
First light on outgoing water.
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 from NOAA 8774770 Rockport.
- — Clear. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 14 mph SE. Work the leeward shore. Fly gets harder.
- — Waning crescent moon — neap tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
- — No USGS 00480 well on this desk. Do not read another bay’s river as this water.
- — No USGS discharge gauge on this desk. Wind and the tide table still tell the color story.
8.4
Speckled trout
Cynoscion nebulosus
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In peak season for this water. 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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In peak season for this water. 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. Off-season here. 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.