Stay off the rocks until conditions are good. When water cleans up, be the first that day to make a cast. As a loose rule, I like the channel side of a jetty on the outgoing tide and the Gulf side on the incoming tide. Wade fishing is a game of constant motion. Walk and cast, cast and walk, until you locate a school of trout.
Experience shows in a wader's ability to stop shuffling forward once fish are found.
Wherever and whenever you fish, travel light. Even on the flat surfaces of the Surfside and Quintana jetties, extra gear only makes it more difficult to relocate should action pick up beyond your position. On wade fishing trips, sunscreen is applied beforehand. The more gear you carry, the more difficult it becomes to actually fish. You can never have too many lures, but you can have too many lures hanging off your belt or jammed into your tackle box.