Mara_Masina Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Hunting log, 12/11/21. It is 9:28am. I've been here since 7am. High tide blessed me with five teeth, one small and four medium. The beach is quiet. The tide is high. Low tide isn't until 3. Wishing I'd brought caffeine. Tempted to move some driftwood for a napping spot. What do you guys usually do until low tide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bthemoose Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I usually time my visits around low tides. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbudge Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Well, here in New Mexico we ain't got no beach. We got the sand, but it's a long way to the sea. (Apologies to ... whoever that guy was that sang at our Honors Program party at BYU in 1980.) 1 My Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara_Masina Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 27 minutes ago, bthemoose said: I usually time my visits around low tides. Same, but I'm testing the waters (lol) to see when my best finds are. Also, low tide today is like an hour before sunset. Womp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara_Masina Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 20 minutes ago, kgbudge said: Well, here in New Mexico we ain't got no beach. We got the sand, but it's a long way to the sea. (Apologies to ... whoever that guy was that sang at our Honors Program party at BYU in 1980.) For sure haha. I lived there for a year and a half as a youngin'. In many ways I wish I'd never left. It really is the Land of Enchantment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadrosauridae Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 ?? Throw rocks (non fossil variety) at the other beachgoers? LOL, I'm in the same camp as kgbudge, Oklahoma doesnt have tides. 1 Professional fossil preparation services at Red Dirt Fossils, LLC. https://reddirtfossils.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I go for a paddle and have a look for living beasties. 1 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara_Masina Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 41 minutes ago, hadrosauridae said: ?? Throw rocks (non fossil variety) at the other beachgoers? LOL, I'm in the same camp as kgbudge, Oklahoma doesnt have tides. Well heck, it has tides of a different kind! Just not ocean ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara_Masina Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 23 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: I go for a paddle and have a look for living beasties. I need space so I can buy a kayak. One day, darn it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Mara_Masina said: I need space so I can buy a kayak. One day, darn it! I meant rolling up the suit trousers and getting sand between my toes. Or squidgy things. 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) I would love to do this but I mostly wander the shore looking for stones and shells and driftwood and seaweed and crabs or dig in whatever sand is available or look for rocks that look like eggs or ducks. Edited December 11, 2021 by Pagurus 2 Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 We just hunt fossils. Not much tide action in Illinois. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Back in Northern california at a place named Moonstone Beach, I would climb up to the fossil bearing cliffs and hunt for hours. One time as I was coming down the trail after a fossil hunt I noticed the tide had come in. I usually went to this place knowing what the tides were but didnt this time. I could have just gone back up and resumed fossil hunting, but that would have taken 8 more hours so I timed my run. The parking lot wasnt too far away and all I had to do was make it around a certain rock cliff. Only about 100 yards. I timed the biggest waves best I could and made a run for it. I got all the way to the rock cliff and an incoming wave got me. Pushed up against the cliff and a bit over waist deep but made it. A big wet and cold but the truck was only another hundred yards or so. If the truck was miles away I probably would have gone back and fossil hunted for awhile. RB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Fly my drone if it's not windy or raining. Usually I get impatient and soaked by the waves. 3 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Been a while since I did any beachcombing, but surf fishing is always a winner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjfriend Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I just wait til the tide turns and walk a bit then turn and walk new tide line then walk a bit and do it again following the tide line as it recedes. Of course, during our normal to big tides I only have to walk about 50 feet before I turn as our bigger tide changes are over 27 feet! On our flatter beaches that can equate to over 100 feet of beach exposed in 30 minutes! Now if we only had on them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilDog Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 We generally plan to be at the beach an hour or more before low tide so we can walk our favorite area as the tide is going out and coming back in. We have rented a beach house, timed for a day where we could get as close to both low tides as possible, so we would have a place to relax between low tides and not have a long drive home after a busy day fossil hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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