Trachinotus falcatus
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In peak season for this water.
Bahamas: catch-and-release.
Bahamas · Eleuthera / Exuma edge
Permit should be the day — weather decides more than Andros; wait.
East-side ocean flats, Current Cut, the Exuma bank if you keep going. Permit and bones, more weather than Andros.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2028-07-24, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
- Tide · modeled — no NOAA gauge
- No NDBC on this desk
- Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
- Glass · modeled
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Monday, July 24. Back to this morning
Morning line
Eleuthera 6.8 on Monday, July 24. 13 mph E. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Friday, August 28. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
high slack · 0.91 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From E · gust 17
Buoy
No station
None
No honest NDBC or C-MAN near this water. Do not invent a buoy.
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Mostly clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Glass
Open-Meteo modeled
30.03 inHg
1017 mb · no 3-hour change yet
Modeled mean sea level. Not a dock barometer. The glass is not a bite.
Moon
7% lit
Waxing crescent
mid range · 7%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.1 ft
high slack
0.91 ft modeled
Coast
No live coast layer
Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighMon 7:00 AM · 0.92
- LowMon 2:00 PM · -0.98
- HighMon 8:00 PM · 1.04
- LowTue 2:00 AM · -1.08
- HighTue 8:00 AM · 1.12
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Friday, August 28
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. full · spring · tide range ~1.5 ft · wind to 16 mph · Clouds · 19%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 5.7
channel gut · public structure · deep
Named cut. Current is the whole fishery. Not a beginner wade.
- — channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Permit.
skiffspinfly - 5.5
hard flat · public structure · skinny
Ocean swell and wind. When it lays down, it is the shot.
- — hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Permit.
skiffwadefly
When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. 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
8.5Mon 9:00 AM → Mon 4:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Last light · incoming
9.4Mon 3:00 PM → Mon 10:00 PM
Last light on incoming water.
Last light · outgoing
9.4Mon 9:00 PM → Tue 4:00 AM
Last light on outgoing water.
First light · incoming
9.4Tue 3:00 AM → Tue 10:00 AM
First light on incoming water.
Outgoing water
8.5Tue 9:00 AM → Tue 4:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Why — and who
- — Tide is high slack (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Mostly clear. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 13 mph E. Work the leeward shore. Fly gets harder.
- — Waxing crescent moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
7.3
Albula vulpes
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Off-season here.
Bahamas: treat as C&R. Flats licensing has been tightening — verify before you wade.
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.
Treat as incidental. Not why you booked the flat.
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.
Treat big cuda as catch-and-release. Not why you booked the flat.
Regs citedBahamas flats and bonefish rules · current Bahamas guidance · rolls in 4 days. Catch-and-release is the culture on the bonefish flats. No NOAA gauge. No invented holes.