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Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (San Antonio Bay fishing pier and wade corridor)

Coastal Bend / San Antonio Bay · Texas · the full record

Your trip

Kept on this device only. Nothing about your trip is sent anywhere.

Reading official sources…

Cannot tell

Cannot tell

Decided by: Closure check. Poor if any factor is poor. Otherwise cannot establish if access, launch or the closure check cannot be established, or if the trip needs a current reading that cannot be had. Otherwise conditional if any factor is conditional or unknown. Otherwise good.

  • Closure check

    Cannot tell

    The closure scan has not been read yet.

    Missing: The live read

  • Current official data

    Cannot tell

    The official readings have not been read yet.

    Missing: The live read

  • Weather and water exposure

    Cannot tell

    The trip depends on weather or tide that cannot be read here.

    Missing: The live read

    How this works on the water

  • Regulations

    Fits with checks

    The rules have particular parts here; read them on the agency's page before you go.

    1 dated harvest closure on record

    Missing: Today's rules, read on the agency page

  • Logistics

    Fits with checks

    Permits, hours or parking limits are noted.

    permit

  • Checks on the day

    Fits with checks

    5 checks have to be done on the day.

    Confirm refuge open status, entrance fees, and current fishing rules at fws.gov/refuge/aransas before travel. · Check TPWD Outdoor Annual coastal regulations for San Antonio Bay / target species. · Review NWS Corpus Christi marine products and tide tables. · Confirm current Outdoor Annual dates. Federal reef-fish seasons if snapper/grouper targeted. · Same-day TPWD check required at https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/

  • Access certainty

    Fits

    3 named public sites on the official page.

    Aransas NWR fishing pier and boardwalk (San Antonio Bay — year-round; 2-rod limit per angler) · Wade fishing access to San Antonio Bay from pier/boardwalk area (year-round) · Mustang Lake wade fishing (seasonal — April 15 to October 14 only) and Matagorda Island Unit (boat access only)

  • Access for a shore trip

    Fits

    Named shore or pier access is on the official page.

    Wade fishing access to San Antonio Bay from pier/boardwalk area (year-round) · Aransas NWR fishing pier and boardwalk (San Antonio Bay — year-round; 2-rod limit per angler) · Wade fishing access to San Antonio Bay from pier/boardwalk area (year-round)

  • Daylight and return

    Fits

    No times set; the sun times are printed.

    sunset 17:39 at the water · civil dusk 18:03 at the water

    How this works on the water

  • Documented hazards

    Fits

    No standing hazard is documented beyond wind and tide.

The check, in order

Record this check to see what changes next time.

  1. Closure languageCannot tell

    Not read yet.

    Official page
  2. Official observationsCannot tell

    Not read yet.

  3. WeatherCannot tell

    Not read yet.

  4. TideCannot tell

    No tide predictions are read for this water.

    NOAA tides
  5. RegulationsCheck

    Read today's rules on the agency page. 1 dated harvest closure on record.

    Regulations
  6. The site for this tripCheck

    Named shore or pier access is on the official page. Wade fishing access to San Antonio Bay from pier/boardwalk area (year-round); Aransas NWR fishing pier and boardwalk (San Antonio Bay — year-round; 2-rod limit per angler); Wade fishing access to San Antonio Bay from pier/boardwalk area (year-round).

    Official page
  7. On the dayCheck

    Confirm refuge open status, entrance fees, and current fishing rules at fws.gov/refuge/aransas before travel.

    Official page
  8. On the dayCheck

    Check TPWD Outdoor Annual coastal regulations for San Antonio Bay / target species.

    Official page
  9. On the dayCheck

    Review NWS Corpus Christi marine products and tide tables.

    Official page
  10. On the dayCheck

    Confirm current Outdoor Annual dates. Federal reef-fish seasons if snapper/grouper targeted.

    Official page
  11. On the dayCheck

    Same-day TPWD check required at https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/

    Official page
  12. Official accessEstablished

    3 named sites as of the page read on 2026-09-04. Confirm the one you use is open today.

    Official page
  13. Record freshnessEstablished

    The official page was last read automatically on 2026-09-04.

    Official page
  14. Daylight and returnEstablished

    No times set; the sun times are printed. sunset 17:39 at the water · civil dusk 18:03 at the water.

Hypothetical · you set this

What changes if…

These change a copy of the evidence, never a reading. Nothing here is a forecast.