Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: treat as C&R. Flats licensing has been tightening — verify before you wade.
Bahamas · Abaco
Bonefish should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.
Sea of Abaco, Marls, Cherokee, the ocean cays. Wadeable Marls and skiff water both. Rebuilt after Dorian — verify which creeks and lodges are actually running.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2027-02-05. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.
Tide + moon
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, February 5. Back to this morning
Morning line
Abaco 8.6 on Friday, February 5 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · -0.71 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
No wind reading
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Sky not in
Sky not in
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
1% lit
Waning crescent
spring range · 1%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.5 ft
outgoing
-0.71 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighFri 3:00 AM · 0.80
- LowFri 9:00 AM · -0.78
- HighFri 3:00 PM · 0.75
- LowFri 9:00 PM · -0.70
- HighSat 4:00 AM · 0.69
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 8.1
Great Guana ocean reef / bar
sand dropoff · field manual · mid
Nipper's sits on the dune above one of the prettier reefs. The bar is intel. The fish are on the ocean side.
- — sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Permit, Bonefish.
skiffspinfly - 7.7
Cherokee Sound
hard flat · public structure · skinny
Classic wade. Ocean influence. Wind is the whole problem.
- — hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Bonefish, Permit.
wadeskifffly - 7.5
Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks
creek bight · field manual · mid
Pete's Pub is the bronze-foundry bar. The creeks behind it are the water.
- — creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
skiffflyspin - 7.0
The Marls
hard flat · field manual · skinny
Wadeable, mangrove, skinny. The Abaco classroom. Verify post-Dorian access.
- — hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
skiffwadefly
When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. Today’s ring mixes the best mark, the lead fish, and the best window, then taxes the sky. A strong incoming can sit under a weak day if the wind or the fish is off. Calendar cells are a third recipe: range, moon, and the day’s forecast.
Outgoing water
9.4Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 11:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.4Fri 10:00 AM → Fri 5:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.1Fri 4:00 PM → Fri 11:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.0Fri 11:00 PM → Sat 6:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4Sat 5:00 AM → Sat 12:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Why — and who
- — Tide is outgoing (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Waning crescent moon — spring tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
8.4
Permit
Trachinotus falcatus
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Bahamas: catch-and-release.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Treat big cuda as catch-and-release. Not why you booked the flat.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Treat as incidental. Not why you booked the flat.
Regs citedBahamas flats and bonefish rules · current Bahamas guidance · rolls in 7 days. Catch-and-release is the culture on the bonefish flats. No NOAA gauge. No invented holes.