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Texas · Corpus Christi Bay

Redfish should be the day — 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.

  • ⚠ This brief is for 2026-04-14, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
8.4OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Tuesday, April 14. Back to this morning

Morning line

Corpus 8.4 on Tuesday, April 14. 11 mph SSE. Clear. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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0.00.20.40.60.8LHLHLHLHMon 7 PMTue 7 PMWed 7 PMThu 7 PMFri 7 PM
high slack · 0.44 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW11MPH

From SSE · gust 13

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clear

Clear

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

Moon

8% lit

Waning crescent

mid range · 8%

Water

No gauge

Water

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48°92°

Today’s range 0.2 ft

high slack

0.44 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

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No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Clock

NOAA 8775792

  • LowTue 1:48 PM · 0.37
  • HighTue 5:22 PM · 0.38
  • LowTue 11:14 PM · 0.34
  • HighWed 8:12 AM · 0.47
  • LowThu 12:06 AM · 0.27

Monthly YOLO day

Tuesday, August 25 · 7.8

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~0.4 ft · wind to 19 mph · Clouds · 1%

Stay or drive · Corpus vs BaffinOpen the calendarMorning dispatch

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • TX - Goose Island State Park

    grass flat · saved map · mid

    8.1

    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: Redfish, Tarpon, Speckled trout, Black drum, Mangrove / gray snapper.
    skiffkayakwadeflyspin

  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch

    serpulid reef · saved map · skinny

    8.1

    Shamrock Cove reds year-round. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

    • — serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
    • — In-play: Redfish, Tarpon, Speckled trout, Black drum, Mangrove / gray snapper.
    skiffkayakwadeflyspin

  • TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS)

    grass flat · saved map · mid

    8.1

    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: Redfish, Tarpon, Speckled trout, Black drum, Mangrove / gray snapper.
    skiffkayakwadeflyspin

  • TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway)

    serpulid reef · saved map · mid

    8.1

    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: Redfish, Tarpon, Speckled trout, Black drum, Mangrove / gray snapper.
    skiffkayakwadeflyspin

  • Nine Mile Hole / upper Laguna back country

    grass flat · saved map · skinny

    8.1

    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: Redfish, Tarpon, Speckled trout, Black drum, Mangrove / gray snapper.
    skiffkayakwadeflyspin

  • Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS

    serpulid reef · saved map · mid

    8.1

    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: Redfish, Tarpon, Speckled trout, Black drum, Mangrove / gray snapper.
    skiffkayakwadeflyspin

When

  • Incoming water

    10.0

    Thu 4:00 AM → Thu 9:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.7

    Thu 7:00 PM → Fri 1:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    10.0

    Fri 4:00 AM → Fri 11:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.7

    Fri 6:00 PM → Sat 2:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    10.0

    Sat 4:00 AM → Sat 1:00 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.

  • 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

  • Malaquite 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 source

  • PINS North Beach

    NPS Padre Island National Seashore

    North Beach is the easier drive. Still NPS rules, not a county 2WD corridor.

    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

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.
  • — Clear. Sky is workable.
  • — Wind 11 mph SSE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • — Waning crescent moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Redfish

Sciaenops ocellatus

7.3

Thermal window

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48°92°

In peak season for this water.

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

7.3

Thermal window

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44°90°

In peak season for this water.

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.

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

7.3

Thermal window

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68°94°

In peak season for this water.

Texas: treat as catch-and-release.

Black drum

Pogonias cromis

6.6

Thermal window

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46°88°

Present, not peak. 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.

Mangrove / gray snapper

Lutjanus griseus

5.5

Thermal window

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64°92°

Present, not peak.

Texas: typically 12 in, 4/day under snapper rules — verify TPWD.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.5

Thermal window

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64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak.

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.