Bahamas · Grand Bahama
East and West End pancake flats. Big single bones on foot. A town to sleep in. The thinking wade.
Today
medium confidence
Morning line
G. Bahama 7.1 this morning. 5 mph SE. Clear · 1%. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SE · gust 5
Sky
1% rain
Clear
Clear · 1%
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
91% lit
Waxing gibbous
mid range · 91%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.2 ft
incoming
0.75 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Tuesday, August 25 · 10.0
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~2.2 ft · wind to 9 mph · Clouds · 9%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
No marks match this method on this water.
Incoming water
10.0Tue 1:19 AM → Tue 4:19 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
10.0Tue 3:19 AM → Tue 10:19 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.1Tue 9:19 AM → Tue 4:19 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
10.0Tue 3:19 PM → Tue 10:19 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
10.0Tue 9:19 PM → Wed 4:19 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Mahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Florida: typically 10/person, 60/vessel, 20 in fork. Texas: 3/day in federal waters under HMS/coastal rules — verify NOAA HMS and TPWD. Mexico: verify CONAPESCA. Bahamas: check current bag.
Tuna (blackfin / yellowfin)
Thunnus atlanticus / Thunnus albacares
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Federal HMS rules. Yellowfin typically 27 in curved fork. Blackfin often more liberal — verify NOAA HMS and FWC/TPWD the morning you leave the inlet.
Blue marlin
Makaira nigricans
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Treat as catch-and-release. Lodge and Bahamas rules. Not a flat.
Swordfish
Xiphias gladius
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Treat as HMS / lodge rules. Verify before you keep one.
Sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Florida: catch-and-release for Atlantic sail except a rare harvest tag. Federal HMS permit in federal waters. Texas/Bahamas: treat as C&R.
Wahoo
Acanthocybium solandri
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: verify current bag.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
Thermal window
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Treat as incidental. Not why you booked the flat.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
Thermal window
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Treat big cuda as catch-and-release. Not why you booked the flat.
Regs citedBahamas flats and bonefish rules · current Bahamas guidance · rolls in 8 days. Catch-and-release is the culture on the bonefish flats. No NOAA gauge. No invented holes.