Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
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Present, not peak. 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 · Upper Laguna / Baffin
Speckled trout should be the day — slide to Land Cut and the holes; trophy trout leave the skinny.
Hypersaline, clear, seagrass and serpulid rock. Trophy trout water. Land Cut, Nine Mile Hole, Badlands. Not Rockport — do not fish it like Rockport.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2027-01-11. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.
Tide + moon
low confidence
Forecast brief for Monday, January 11. Back to this morning
Morning line
Baffin 8.2 on Monday, January 11 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · 0.10 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
14% lit
Waxing crescent
mid range · 14%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.4 ft
outgoing
0.10 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
- HighMon 6:00 AM · 0.16
- LowMon 12:00 PM · -0.16
- HighMon 7:00 PM · 0.17
- LowTue 1:00 AM · -0.18
- HighTue 7:00 AM · 0.18
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 16 mph · 8% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 8.4
Land Cut
channel gut · public structure · deep
Deep cut through the Laguna. Winter and heat refuge. Current seams.
- — channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish.
skiffspinfly - 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: Speckled trout, Redfish.
structurespinwade - 8.4
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 outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish.
structurespinwade - 8.4
TX - Yarborough Pass (PINS mile 15.5)
pass jetty · saved map · mid
4WD primitive camp + cross-island Laguna access. Graduate trip. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
- — pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish.
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: Speckled trout, Redfish.
structurespinwade - 8.4
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 outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish.
structurespinwade
When
Outgoing water
9.4Mon 8:00 AM → Mon 2:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Mon 2:00 PM → Mon 8:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
7.4Mon 8:00 PM → Tue 2:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
7.4Tue 2:00 AM → Tue 8:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4Tue 9:00 AM → Tue 3:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
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 outgoing (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
- — Waxing crescent moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
6.6
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.
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.