Roosterfish
Nematistius pectoralis
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Pacific / Sea of Cortez. Baja, not the Gulf. Present, not peak.
Mexico: verify CONAPESCA. East Cape and La Paz programs are typically catch-and-release.
Mexico · La Paz / Espíritu Santo
Roosterfish are the hunt — hold for the next push around the island.
Sea of Cortez. Espíritu Santo, El Bajo when the season is on, rooster along the rocky beaches. A town to sleep in. Tide is modeled. CONAPESCA license required.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-04-25. 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 Saturday, April 25. Back to this morning
Morning line
La Paz 7.0 on Saturday, April 25 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
low slack · 1.62 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
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
61% lit
Waxing gibbous
neap range · 61%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 3.3 ft
low slack
1.62 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighSat 8:00 AM · 1.62
- LowSat 2:00 PM · -1.64
- HighSat 8:00 PM · 1.64
- LowSun 2:00 AM · -1.63
- HighSun 8:00 AM · 1.60
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
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 6.2
Espíritu Santo
sand dropoff · public structure · mid
Named island north of La Paz. Parque Nacional. Rooster and a Cortez dorado. Park rules.
- — sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Roosterfish.
skiffspinfly
When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. 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
9.4Sat 9:00 AM → Sat 4:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.1Sat 3:00 PM → Sat 10:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
8.0Sat 9:00 PM → Sun 4:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Sun 3:00 AM → Sun 10:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4Sun 9:00 AM → Sun 4:00 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.
La Paz marinas / malecón
CONAPESCA / BCS
Town water. Espíritu Santo is the run north. Park rules on the island.
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 gibbous moon — neap tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
5.5
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.
Mahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — not this flat or marsh. Switch method to Offshore. Present, not peak.
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.
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.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak.
Incidental. Not why you booked Ascension or East Cape.
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.