Redfish should be the day — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges.

Where

• TX - South Padre north of Access 6

  sand dropoff · saved map · mid

  8.4

  Cameron Co. permit, primitive sand camping. Clearest TX surf. · camp-surf · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

  • — sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout, Snook, Mangrove / gray snapper.
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• South Padre - north of Beach Access 6

  sand dropoff · saved map · mid

  8.4

  Cameron Co. permit, primitive sand camping. Clearest surf water in TX; LLM flats behind the dunes. · 1 - BEACH CORRIDORS (yellow=2WD, orange=4WD, red=Big Shell) · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats

  • — sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout, Snook, Mangrove / gray snapper.
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• Brazos Santiago Pass

  pass jetty · public structure · deep

  8.1

  USGS GNIS 1372708. The south-end pass. Bulls and tarpon in season. Current over rock.

  USGS GNIS 1372708

  • — pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Snook.
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• Mansfield Cut

  pass jetty · public structure · deep

  8.1

  NOAA 8778490 in the basin. Cut current, jetty granite, Laguna skinny a mile inside.

  • — pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
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• South Bay

  grass flat · field manual · skinny

  6.7

  USGS GNIS 1376184 (Cameron). Clear-water classroom. Inches of grass. Sight-casting reds. Deep-south snook on warm years.

  USGS GNIS 1376184

  • — grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout, Snook.
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• SPI spoil banks

  spoil bank · public structure · skinny

  6.7

  Classic Laguna edges. Pole the leeward spoil when the wind is up.

  • — spoil bank on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
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