For me, in over 30 years of bonefishing (mostly in Exuma) I believe the best tide times are the last 2 to 2 ½ hours of the outgoing. Most often, if standing on your patio and looking out the fish will be moving left to right as the tide goes out (but not always). If you were to walk (on the dry sand flat so you don’t scare fish) all the way to the west end and turn around with 2 hours until low tide, you could probably intercept a large number of fish as you walk back toward your place. Stay in 15 to 25 cm of water. Not always possible, but try to have the wind and sun at your back.
A late afternoon outgoing tide would be perfect with low tide between 3 and 6 PM. Preferably not in the summer, as late afternoon will have the water too warm. The water does become too warm at times and the fish will leave the flat. You’ll need to walk way out at low tide to locate any if this occurs. We had 2 days on our last stay where this happened.
Some people like the incoming tide best but the fish always seem to be in a hurry and moving fast. On the Airport flat you’ll need at least a 3.5 m long fluorocarbon leader and 4 m would be better tapered to a 3.6 kg (8 lb) tippet diameter. For flies, I like small size 6 and 8 Gotchas. On an incoming tide I would recommend to cross the channel at dead low tide and slowly walk west. Preferably before 1 PM so the sun is at your back or overhead. Plan on 2 hours to walk to the end of the flat. You don’t need to be in a hurry. Take time to stand and look for tails or water pushing your way. That’s probably the best advice I have for out in front of your place.
Things always change and no two days are alike, but the above tips might be good 2 to 3 days out of the week. The rest of the time who knows where the fish are. I’ve spent many hours walking way east beyond the mangrove island to the west and south and sometimes run into fish and sometimes not. The key is the correct depth of water, which varies slightly given tide change speeds. A neap tide moves slower and the fish tend to hang in shallower water longer and with the full and new moon the fish just might be moving a little faster since the tides do.
When you find the fish things can happen pretty fast. The first hour we were there on this last trip, I hooked 5 and landed 4 in the first hour of day 1, then the fish were gone. And on the last day I had great fishing for 3 ½ hours and saw 100’s of fish, mostly in singles, doubles and small schools feeding often (tailing) on the outgoing. I saw large schools moving fast on the incoming but did manage to catch a few more. The in between days saw a lot of walking but still plenty of shots at fish with some success.