Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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Present, not peak. 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 2026-10-16. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.
Tide + moon
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, October 16. Back to this morning
Morning line
G. Bahama 7.9 on Friday, October 16 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 0.83 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
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
27% lit
Waxing crescent
mid range · 27%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.8 ft
incoming
0.83 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowFri 4:00 AM · -1.26
- HighFri 10:00 AM · 1.32
- LowFri 4:00 PM · -1.36
- HighFri 10:00 PM · 1.39
- LowSat 4:00 AM · -1.40
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 10 mph · Clouds · 8%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 7.7
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 - 7.7
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
Incoming water
9.4Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 12:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.1Fri 11:00 AM → Fri 6:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.1Fri 5:00 PM → Sat 12:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
8.0Fri 11:00 PM → Sat 6:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming 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 incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Waxing crescent moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
6.6
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. 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. Present, not peak. 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.