Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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In peak season for this water. 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 should be the day — 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.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-05-07, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Thursday, May 7. Back to this morning
Morning line
G. Bahama 7.1 on Thursday, May 7. 8 mph SSE. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 0.70 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SSE · gust 9
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Mostly clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
69% lit
Waning gibbous
neap range · 69%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.8 ft
incoming
0.70 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowThu 4:00 AM · -1.35
- HighThu 10:00 AM · 1.38
- LowThu 4:00 PM · -1.40
- HighThu 10:00 PM · 1.41
- LowFri 5:00 AM · -1.41
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 11 mph · Clouds · 9%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 6.7
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 incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
wadeskifffly - 6.7
East End flats
hard flat · field manual · skinny
Long walks. Hotel-based, which keeps it honest.
- — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
wadeskifffly
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.
Incoming water
9.7Thu 8:00 AM → Thu 12:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.4Thu 11:00 AM → Thu 6:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Thu 5:00 PM → Fri 12:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
8.3Thu 11:00 PM → Fri 6:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.7Fri 6:00 AM → Fri 1:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Why — and who
- — Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Mostly clear. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
- — Wind 8 mph SSE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waning gibbous moon — neap tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
8.4
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 7 days. Catch-and-release is the culture on the bonefish flats. No NOAA gauge. No invented holes.