Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) 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 — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.
East and West End pancake flats. Big single bones on foot. A town to sleep in. The thinking wade.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-08-26, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Wednesday, August 26. Back to this morning
Morning line
G. Bahama 5.3 on Wednesday, August 26. 19 mph WSW. Rain · 13%. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · -0.78 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From WSW · gust 34
Sky
13% rain
Rain
Rain · 13%
Sight water goes blind. A marsh still fishes a shower.
Moon
97% lit
Waxing gibbous
spring range · 97%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.8 ft
outgoing
-0.78 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighWed 3:00 AM · 0.94
- LowWed 9:00 AM · -0.90
- HighWed 3:00 PM · 0.85
- LowWed 10:00 PM · -0.80
- HighThu 4:00 AM · 0.78
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 9 mph · Clouds · 8%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 5.5
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 outgoing tide is a workable match.
- — Rain blinds skinny water. Sight dies before the fish do.
wadeskifffly - 5.5
East End flats
hard flat · field manual · skinny
Long walks. Hotel-based, which keeps it honest.
- — hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
- — Rain blinds skinny water. Sight dies before the fish do.
wadeskifffly
When
Outgoing water
8.2Wed 8:00 AM → Wed 11:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
6.9Wed 10:00 AM → Wed 5:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.1Wed 4:00 PM → Wed 11:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.1Wed 11:00 PM → Thu 6:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.1Thu 5:00 AM → Thu 12:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Why — and who
- — Tide is outgoing (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Rain · 13%. Sight water goes blind. Wait it out or switch to stained marsh.
- — Wind 19 mph WSW. This is a spin / structure / stay-home call.
- — Waxing gibbous moon — spring 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 (outgoing) 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 (outgoing) 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.