Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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In peak season for this water. 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 should be the day — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single.
East and West End pancake flats. Big single bones on foot. A town to sleep in. The thinking wade.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-12-09, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Wednesday, December 9. Back to this morning
Morning line
G. Bahama 6.6 on Wednesday, December 9. 9 mph SSE. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · -0.39 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SSE · gust 10
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Partly cloudy
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
0% lit
New
spring range · 0%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.4 ft
outgoing
-0.39 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighWed 4:00 AM · 0.71
- LowWed 10:00 AM · -0.71
- HighWed 4:00 PM · 0.69
- LowWed 11:00 PM · -0.69
- HighThu 5:00 AM · 0.71
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
- 6.1
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.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
wadeskifffly - 6.1
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.
- — In-play: Bonefish.
wadeskifffly
When
Outgoing water
8.8Wed 8:00 AM → Wed 12:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.7Wed 11:00 AM → Wed 6:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
7.7Wed 6:00 PM → Thu 12:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
7.7Thu 12:00 AM → Thu 7:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.7Thu 6:00 AM → Thu 1:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Why — and who
- — Tide is outgoing (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).
- — Partly cloudy. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
- — Wind 9 mph SSE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — New moon — spring tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
8.4
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
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. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
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.