Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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In peak season for this water.
Bahamas: treat as C&R. Flats licensing has been tightening — verify before you wade.
Bahamas · Grand Bahama
Bonefish should be the day — this is a thinking wade — slack is a look.
East and West End pancake flats. Big single bones on foot. A town to sleep in. The thinking wade.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-02-20, 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
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, February 20. Back to this morning
Morning line
G. Bahama 7.6 on Friday, February 20. 3 mph SSE. Clear. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
high slack · 1.01 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SSE · gust 3
Buoy
No station
None
No honest NDBC or C-MAN near this water. Do not invent a buoy.
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clear
Clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
13% lit
Waxing crescent
mid range · 13%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.3 ft
high slack
1.01 ft modeled
Coast
No live coast layer
Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighFri 7:00 AM · 1.01
- LowFri 2:00 PM · -1.07
- HighFri 8:00 PM · 1.13
- LowSat 2:00 AM · -1.17
- HighSat 8:00 AM · 1.21
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.
- 6.4
West End pancakes
hard flat · field manual · skinny
Big singles on foot. No push pole between you and the fish. Oct–June.
- — hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
wadeskifffly - 6.4
East End flats
hard flat · field manual · skinny
Long walks. Hotel-based, which keeps it honest.
- — hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
wadeskifffly
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
9.5Fri 9:00 AM → Fri 4:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Last light · incoming
9.2Fri 3:00 PM → Fri 10:00 PM
Last light on incoming water.
Last light · outgoing
8.1Fri 9:00 PM → Sat 4:00 AM
Last light on outgoing water.
First light · incoming
9.5Sat 3:00 AM → Sat 10:00 AM
First light on incoming water.
Outgoing water
9.5Sat 9:00 AM → Sat 4:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Why — and who
- — Tide is high slack (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Clear. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 3 mph SSE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waxing crescent moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
7.3
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak.
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.
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.