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 2026-12-28, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Monday, December 28. Back to this morning
Morning line
G. Bahama 6.6 on Monday, December 28. 7 mph SSE. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 1.20 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SSE · gust 8
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Partly cloudy
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
80% lit
Waning gibbous
mid range · 80%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.5 ft
incoming
1.20 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
- HighMon 8:00 AM · 1.20
- LowMon 2:00 PM · -1.22
- HighMon 9:00 PM · 1.25
- LowTue 3:00 AM · -1.30
- HighTue 9:00 AM · 1.35
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
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
7.7Mon 8:00 AM → Mon 10:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.7Mon 9:00 AM → Mon 4:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.7Mon 3:00 PM → Mon 10:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
7.7Mon 10:00 PM → Tue 5:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
8.8Tue 4:00 AM → Tue 11:00 AM
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).
- — Partly cloudy. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.
- — Wind 7 mph SSE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waning gibbous moon — mid 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 (incoming) 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 (incoming) 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.