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 · La Paz / Espíritu Santo
Roosterfish should be the day — the town run is legal; the seamount wants moving bait.
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 2026-08-21. 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 Friday, August 21. Back to this morning
Morning line
La Paz 7.1 on Friday, August 21 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
high slack · 1.61 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
60% lit
Waxing gibbous
neap range · 60%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 3.3 ft
high slack
1.61 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighFri 7:00 AM · 1.63
- LowFri 2:00 PM · -1.63
- HighFri 8:00 PM · 1.64
- LowSat 2:00 AM · -1.64
- HighSat 8:00 AM · 1.61
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
- 5.9
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 high slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Roosterfish.
skiffspinfly
When
Outgoing water
8.5Fri 9:00 AM → Fri 4:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Fri 3:00 PM → Fri 10:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4Fri 9:00 PM → Sat 4:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.4Sat 3:00 AM → Sat 10:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
8.5Sat 9:00 AM → Sat 4:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
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 high 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.
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 8 days. Sian Ka’an, Contoy, and Espíritu Santo are park or biosphere water. Roosterfish is Baja, not the Gulf.