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Best score today · 12 AM · Sheepshead
- Now
- 244 PM CDT
- Best window
- 8 PM-12 AMNight bite
Data from: NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 PM · now
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Tide & current
Wind & pressure
ECMWF
52Wind: 15 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC
17Water temp: 94°F, hotLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Sheepshead
Species seasonality
39Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Texas state waters (shore to 9 nautical miles, bays included)
Sheepshead
Retention open- Daily limit
- 5 per day
- Possession
- 10 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 15 in, total length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- The possession limit is double the daily bag and does not count fish stored at your residence. While fishing, you may not hold more than the daily bag.
From TPWD 2026-27 Outdoor Annual, Sheepshead Bag & Length Limits, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
- Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
- Gag grouper Retention open (2 per day)
- Gray triggerfish Retention open (20 per day)
- Greater amberjack Retention open (1 per day)
- King mackerel Retention open (3 per day)
- Red drum Retention open (3 per day)
- Red snapper Retention open (4 per day)
- Sailfish Retention open
- Snook Retention open (1 per day)
- Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
- Spotted seatrout Retention open (3 per day)
- Striped bass Retention open (5 per day)
- Tarpon Retention open (1 per day)
Source: TPWD · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Sheepshead is best here
Out of season for Sheepshead · shoulder season starts in 2 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Baffin Bay
- Depth
- 7-8 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Off seasonSheepshead
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay is a bay in Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre, Texas. Depth is 7-8 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 15 species here; the best right now are crevalle jack, Atlantic croaker and red drum. It is peak season now for crevalle jack, Atlantic croaker, red drum and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for southern flounder, gray triggerfish, black drum and gray snapper. Crevalle jack peak from June through September. Atlantic croaker peak from June through September. Red drum peak from August through November.
Tackle & technique
- Sheepshead
- Sheepshead graze barnacles and crabs off pilings, jetty rocks, bridge supports, oyster bars and nearshore reefs, from a few feet deep out to about 50 feet. Drop a fiddler crab, sand flea or piece of shrimp on a small, strong hook straight down next to the structure with just enough weight to hold bottom. The bite is a light tap, so keep the line tight and set the hook fast.
- Crevalle jack
- Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Rocky Slough46
Gut · 7.6 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 46
- Crevalle jack 43
- Red drum 41
15 kt E
- Alazan Bay42
Bay · 5.0 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 42
- Crevalle jack 41
- Atlantic croaker 40
15 kt E
- Cayo del Infiernillo42
Bay · 5.9 mi
Top: Red drumPeak season- Red drum 42
- Crevalle jack 41
- Atlantic croaker 39
15 kt E
- Kleberg Point36
Cape · 6.2 mi
Top: Crevalle jackPeak season- Crevalle jack 36
- Atlantic tarpon 35
- Atlantic croaker 34
15 kt E
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with TPWD before you keep a fish.