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TIDE — NEXT HIGH — WIND — SEAS — WATER — BITE —
10 CAMS · GALVESTON TO PADRE ↗

Galveston fishing, right now — live tide, bite model, forecast and verified charter boats.

TIDE · PIER 21 · 48 HOURSLIVE · NOAA 8771450
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BITING NOWMONTH GUIDE
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Live model · computed from public NOAA, NWS and USGS feeds.
Full coast bite map →Book this water →
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📷Fish ID Point the camera, name the fish. Twenty coast species, runs on the phone. 📓Logbook Catches, lengths, marks — your Blackbook. Works offline. 🔥Bite map Ten Texas regions, scored every three hours. ⚓Captain's chart Real NOAA depths, buoys, live bite heat, your private marks. 📰Friday report The weekly report, written by the model at six.
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What water are you fishing?

Nine ways to fish this coast, each with its own rules, license class and price. Pick one and the search is already filtered.

Bay & Inshore
Trout, redfish, flounder. Half day, protected water.
4–6 HR · $450–700 · TPWD GUIDE
Jetty
The rocks. Big trout, bull reds, sharks in the wash.
4–6 HR · $500–750 · USCG OUPV
Nearshore
State water rigs and wrecks. Kings, ling, sharks.
6–8 HR · $900–1,400 · USCG + STATE REEF
Offshore · Federal
Snapper, grouper, amberjack. Blue water, long runs.
10–14 HR · $1,800–2,600 · FEDERAL REEF PERMIT
Tuna & HMS
OVERNIGHT
36-hour runs to the floaters. Yellowfin, swordfish, marlin.
30–48 HR · $4,500–8,000 · HMS CHARTER/HEADBOAT
Party Boat
Priced per seat. Bring the kids, bring the cousins.
5–12 HR · $45–160/SEAT · USCG INSPECTED
Land-Based Shark
NIGHT
Kayak bait drops past the bar. No boat, no seasickness.
8–12 HR · $400–650 · TPWD GUIDE + SHARK GEAR AUDIT
Surf & Wade
On foot, first light, green water on the beachfront.
4–5 HR · $350–500 · TPWD GUIDE
Kayak Guided
Back lakes and marsh drains. Skinny water, poled quiet.
4–6 HR · $300–450 · TPWD GUIDE
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01 · MASTER / OUPV
USCG credential

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02 · STATE
TPWD all-water guide

Licence number sighted and cross-checked. Required for every guided trip in Texas water, boat or beach.

RE-CHECK: ANNUAL · 31 AUG CYCLE
03 · THE ONE NOBODY DOES
Insurance, at the broker

Passenger and crew liability confirmed by phone with the agency on the certificate. Personal-boat policies rejected outright.

RE-CHECK: EVERY POLICY RENEWAL
04 · FEDERAL
Permits match the trip

Gulf reef-fish and HMS charter/headboat permits verified — and a boat without them physically cannot list a federal-water trip.

RE-CHECK: ANNUAL + AT LISTING CHANGE
05 · SAFETY
Vessel & drug program

Documentation or state registration, EPIRB/VHF and PFD count for the route, and enrolment in a USCG-recognised random testing consortium.

RE-CHECK: ANNUAL SELF-CERT + SPOT AUDIT
06 · RECORD
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Down the coast · live cams

Eyes on the water, Galveston to Padre.

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61st Street Pier
Water clarity · who's bending rods
Cam by 61st Street Fishing Pier
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Yacht Basin
Harbor chop before a dawn run
Cam by Galveston.com
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Surf · 42nd & Seawall
Go / no-go for surf & beach shark
Cam by Galveston.com
DOWN THE COAST — REGION CAMS
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South Padre · Beachfront
Surf, weed line and beach crowd at the Courtyard
Cam by South Padre Live (spadre.com)
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Queen Isabella Causeway
Bay chop and boat traffic into Port Isabel
Cam by South Padre Live (spadre.com)
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Bob Hall Pier · North Padre
Corpus surf line — clarity before a beachfront run
Cam by Brit Trips
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South Padre · La Copa
Second angle on the island surf
Cam by South Padre Live (spadre.com)
OPENS THEIR SITE Open cams ↗
Port Aransas
Beach, ferry and jetty cams from the town itself
Cam by Port Aransas Tourism Bureau
OPENS THEIR SITE Open cams ↗
Rockport Beach
Aransas Bay shoreline, live
Cam by Rockport-Fulton Chamber
OPENS THEIR SITE Open cams ↗
Matagorda Beach
The river mouth surf, before the drive
Cam by HDBeachCams

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“I spent a career where credentials got checked and standards were real. This runs the same way.”

IronJetty LLC is founded and wholly owned by a retired U.S. Army Sergeant in Galveston, Texas. — Drew, Founder · andrew@ironjetty.com

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