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Best score today · 3 AM · Southern flounder
- Now
- 3411 AM CDT
- Best window
- 2-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High1.4 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
32Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
58Wind: 12 kt ENEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
36Water temp: 88°F, warmLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Major periodSeas: 1.8 ftSeason & habitat · Southern flounder
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Texas state waters (shore to 9 nautical miles, bays included)
Southern flounder
Retention open- Daily limit
- 5 per day
- Possession
- 5 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 15 in, total length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Closed from Nov 1
- Other
- The bag is 0 from Nov. 1 through Dec. 14 while the fishery is closed. The limit covers all flounder species and their hybrids. The possession limit equals the daily bag.
From TPWD 2026-27 Outdoor Annual, Flounder 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
- Sheepshead Retention open (5 per day)
- Snook Retention open (1 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 Southern flounder is best here
Shoulder season for Southern flounder · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Cline Point
- Depth
- 5-70 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · drop-off
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSouthern flounder
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 Cline Point
Cline Point is a cape in Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays, Texas. Depth is 5-70 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 15 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, gray triggerfish and red snapper. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, Atlantic tarpon, crevalle jack and red drum, and shoulder season for gray triggerfish, red snapper, greater amberjack and gray snapper. Atlantic croaker peak from June through September. Gray triggerfish peak from May through August. Red snapper peak from May through August.
Tackle & technique
- Southern flounder
- Flounder lie half buried on soft bottom along marsh edges, creek mouths, dock pilings and the sandy sides of passes, usually in 1 to 15 feet of water. Drag a mud minnow or finger mullet on a Carolina rig, or bump a soft plastic slowly along the bottom, and give the fish a few seconds before setting the hook. In fall the adults stack up at passes and jetties on their way offshore, and many anglers gig them at night in knee-deep water.
- 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.
- Gray triggerfish
- Gray triggerfish hover a few feet over reefs, wrecks and ledges, usually in 60 to 200 feet, and often show up while snapper fishing. Use small, strong circle hooks with small pieces of squid or cut bait on a short bottom rig, because they nibble and strip big baits. Keep the bait just off the bottom and reel steadily at the first solid pull.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Lydia Ann Channel68
Channel · 2.1 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Atlantic tarpon 59
- Crevalle jack 56
12 kt ENEH 11:35 AM · 1.6 ftL 7:42 PM · 0.7 ft
- Aransas Pass67
Channel · 1.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 67
- Crevalle jack 58
- Atlantic tarpon 58
12 kt ENEH 11:35 AM · 1.6 ftL 7:42 PM · 0.7 ft
- Aransas Channel66
Channel · 3.0 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 66
- Atlantic tarpon 58
- Crevalle jack 55
12 kt ENEH 11:42 AM · 1.4 ftL 8:08 PM · 0.6 ft
- Turtle Cove62
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 62
- Crevalle jack 55
- Gray triggerfish 51
12 kt ENEH 11:42 AM · 1.4 ftL 8:08 PM · 0.6 ft
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.