Roosterfish
Nematistius pectoralis
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Pacific / Sea of Cortez. Baja, not the Gulf. In peak season for this water.
Mexico: verify CONAPESCA. East Cape and La Paz programs are typically catch-and-release.
Mexico · East Cape / Los Barriles
Roosterfish should be the day — walk the wash or run the banks.
Baja California Sur. Roosterfish in the surf and on the beaches. Dorado and tuna on Gordo Banks when the water is right. Pacific and Cortez, not the Gulf of Mexico. Do not invent a rooster on Laguna Madre.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-05-17. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.
- ⚠ Mexico requires a CONAPESCA license. Sian Ka’an, Contoy, and Espíritu Santo are park or biosphere water — verify before you fish.
Tide + moon
low confidence
Forecast brief for Sunday, May 17. Back to this morning
Morning line
East Cape 7.5 on Sunday, May 17 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
low slack · -0.61 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
No wind reading
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Sky not in
Sky not in
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
1% lit
Waxing crescent
spring range · 1%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.3 ft
low slack
-0.61 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowSun 7:00 AM · -0.62
- HighSun 2:00 PM · 0.65
- LowSun 8:00 PM · -0.67
- HighMon 2:00 AM · 0.68
- LowMon 9:00 AM · -0.72
Mexico tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing. There is no NOAA gauge here.
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 6.2
East Cape beaches
sand dropoff · public structure · mid
Rooster in the wash. Live mullet or a big baitfish fly. Pacific surf, not a Texas jetty.
- — sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Roosterfish.
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When
Incoming water
9.4Sun 9:00 AM → Sun 4:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.1Sun 3:00 PM → Sun 10:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
8.0Sun 9:00 PM → Mon 4:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4Mon 4:00 AM → Mon 11:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Mon 10:00 AM → Mon 5:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Launch and beach access
Lodge towns and cited marinas. CONAPESCA license. Biosphere and park water is not a freelance wade.
Los Barriles launches
CONAPESCA / BCS
East Cape door. Surf rooster and the run to Gordo.
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 low slack (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Waxing crescent moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
7.3
Mahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — not this flat or marsh. Switch method to Offshore. In peak season for this water.
Florida: typically 10/person, 60/vessel, 20 in fork. Texas: 3/day in federal waters under HMS/coastal rules — verify NOAA HMS and TPWD. Mexico: verify CONAPESCA. Bahamas: check current bag.
Tuna (blackfin / yellowfin)
Thunnus atlanticus / Thunnus albacares
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — not this flat or marsh. Switch method to Offshore. In peak season for this water.
Federal HMS rules. Yellowfin typically 27 in curved fork. Blackfin often more liberal — verify NOAA HMS and FWC/TPWD the morning you leave the inlet.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.
Incidental. Not why you booked Ascension or East Cape.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.
Incidental. Ciguatera is a real reason not to keep a big one.
Regs citedCONAPESCA recreational license · current CONAPESCA rules · rolls in 7 days. Sian Ka’an, Contoy, and Espíritu Santo are park or biosphere water. Roosterfish is Baja, not the Gulf.