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 2026-10-18, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Sunday, October 18. Back to this morning
Morning line
G. Bahama 6.6 on Sunday, October 18. 7 mph SSE. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 0.04 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SSE · gust 8
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Mostly clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
47% lit
First quarter
neap range · 47%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 3.0 ft
incoming
0.04 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- LowSun 5:00 AM · -1.49
- HighSun 11:00 AM · 1.50
- LowSun 5:00 PM · -1.50
- HighSun 11:00 PM · 1.49
- LowMon 5:00 AM · -1.47
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
- 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
Incoming water
9.7Sun 8:00 AM → Sun 1:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.4Sun 12:00 PM → Sun 7:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Sun 6:00 PM → Mon 1:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
8.3Mon 12:00 AM → Mon 7:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.7Mon 7:00 AM → Mon 2:00 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 7 mph SSE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — First quarter moon — neap 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.