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ROFFS™ FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS FOR THE EMERALD BAY AREA (LAT./LONG. ONLY)
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Based on a multiple factor analysis, the symbols (hot spot spots) mark the areas where bait concentrations are expected and where fishing action is expected to be better compared with other (non-marked) areas. These are not based on dock rumors or hearsay fishing reports. Fishing reports are stated as such. You should start fishing where you recognize other signs of good fishing conditions near these marked areas. It is very important to use your sea surface temperature (sst°) gauge to locate the boundaries of the water masses, which are outlined. Rather than trying to find water based on the absolute temperature values shown on the map, search for the relative change in sst where the water mass boundaries occur. Arrows indicate the main current direction. Numbers inside of the dots indicate the number of consecutive days that we have seen favorable conditions in that location.
While we continue to have a challenging time seeing the ocean conditions in this area due to passing cloud cover, haze, high levels of atmospheric moisture, and differential heating, we were able to complete today’s analysis using a combination of satellite imagery from the past 48 hours.  Please keep in mind that we have shown morning sst° here.  Afternoon sst° are likely to be as much as 1°F-2°F WARMER that what we have shown here.  Also, we have observed weak sst° differentials (on the order of 0.3°F-0.5°F AT MOST) throughout the chart area.  IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER TO LOOK FOR RELATIVE RATHER THAN ABSOLUTE SST° WHILE OUT ON THE WATER.  Overall, we observed an extremely complex circulation of the ocean conditions northeast of the Exuma Islands area in the area of Exuma Sound.  It does appear that relatively warmer (78.4°F-78.7°F) water originating from the eastern portion of the chart area is moving westward between Conception Island and the southern portion of Cat Island and pushing in a favorable inshore direction towards the northeastern coast of the Exuma Islands suggesting that these conditions are likely to increase your overall chances for fishing action, particularly where the ocean conditions have remained favorable for two days now.  Northward, we did observe a small clockwise rotating eddy centered near 76°05’W & 24°22-23’N that appears to be pulling some of this same blue water northward and circulating it around the center of the eddy southeast of the southern tip of Eleuthera.
With this in mind, relatively good chances for fishing action occur where we observed the southwestern edge of the 78.7°F water pushing in a favorable inshore direction towards the northeastern Exuma Islands coast over the 700-960 fathom depths between Great Guana Cay and Great Exuma Island from 76°16’W & 24°04-05’N to 76°08-09’W & 23°57’N to 76°01-02’W & 23°52’N to 75°52’W & 23°48’N.  There are no strong oceanographic indicators as to which portion of this 0.5°F cooler to warmer water mass boundary are likely to provide your better chances for fishing action; however, if fishing action is not satisfactory in these areas, some increased chances for action also occur northeastward where we observed different 0.2°F-0.5°F water mass boundaries for the first time today over the 1000 fathom curve near 75°40’W & 23°48-49’N, 75°46’W & 23°52’N, and 75°49’W & 23°56’N.  Towards the southern coast of Cat Island, relatively better chances for tuna, wahoo, dolphin, and marlin action occur where we have observed a 0.5°F water mass boundary for two days now over the 1000 fathom curve from 75°27’W & 24°00’N to 75°40’W & 24°01-02’N to 75°49’W & 24°05-06’N.  Further northeastward, some increased chances for fishing action may also happen where we observed a 0.3°F cooler to warmer water mass boundary for the first time today over the good bottom of the Tartar Bank near 75°28-29’W & 24°04’N.
North of the Exuma Islands towards the southern tip of Eleuthera some increased chances for fishing action may occur where we observed the clockwise rotating eddy pushing the relatively warmer (78.7°F) north/northeastward over the 880-950 fathom depths from 76°12’W & 24°18’N to 76°09-10’W & 24°25’N to 76°02’W & 24°28’N.  North/northwestward, additional increased chances for fishing action occur where we observed a 0.7°F cooler to warmer water mass boundary over the 100 fathom ledge just southwest of Eleuthera particularly near 76°12’W & 24°37-38’N and 76°15’W & 24°41’N.  West of Eleuthera increased chances for action also occur where the relatively cooler (78.9°F) water meets the warmer (80.8°F) coastal water over the 10-100 fathom ledge from 76°48’W & 24°50’N to 76°48’W & 24°43’N to 76°41-42’W & 24°26’N.

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