Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: treat as C&R. Flats licensing has been tightening — verify before you wade.
Bahamas · Grand Bahama
Bonefish are in the mix — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot.
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 6.0 this morning. 8 mph SE. Clear · 1%. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 1.07 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SE · gust 10
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
1.07 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighTue 2:20 AM · 1.10
- LowTue 8:20 AM · -1.07
- HighTue 2:20 PM · 1.03
- LowTue 8:20 PM · -0.98
- HighWed 2:20 AM · 0.92
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Tuesday, August 25 · 9.7
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 10 mph · Clouds · 7%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
No marks match this method on this water.
When
Incoming water
10.0Tue 2:20 AM → Tue 4:20 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
10.0Tue 3:20 AM → Tue 10:20 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.1Tue 9:20 AM → Tue 4:20 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
10.0Tue 3:20 PM → Tue 10:20 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
10.0Tue 9:20 PM → Wed 4:20 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Why — and who
- — Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Clear · 1%. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 8 mph SE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
4.8
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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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
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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.