cdnred
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Thanks for the tip, luv finding stuff washed up on the beach..
Strange, weird or odd or whatever beach finds thread….
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Brian -
Since I'm originally from the Olympic Peninsula and spent eight years in Kitsap County after college, I get it when you say "I don't fish the coast". To me when growing up in PA and Sequim, the coast was "the ocean". As a 38 year resident of "the Basin"** and hearing from all the local yokels that any saltwater west of Snoqualmie Pass is The Coast - so, good sir, you do fish the coast! ;-)
** The Basin ain't Eastern WA, it's somewhere between The Coast and Eastern WA.
Pat,
To me, there is the coast, the staits, the islands (San Juans), Puget Sound and Hood Canal. Even that isn’t technically correct, but as a lifer I try and keep it simple.
The Puget Sound area will never be “the coast” in my book.
SF
The Coast
Straits
Islands
West End
The Canal
The Sound
West Side Rivers...and
Soap Lake
You forgot S rivers….
SF
Full of Mad Max types beyond that...
Water bucket and rubber donut.
SF
SF
BriGuy
Life of the Party
Last week, my wife and I spent a few days walking the beach at Cannon Beach, Oregon. One day we disturbed a couple of sea gulls snacking on a lancetfish.
I guess they are quite rare to find on the beach since they live out quite far and deep (up to 6000 feet deep). For a better series of pictures, check out @Matt B's post #281 on this thread.
We also saw tons of Velella velella washed up along the surf line all up and down he beach. Velella velella, aka by-the-wind sailors, are colonies of jellyfish-like creatures that use their sails to travel down the coast of California, out toward Hawaii and Japan and back here again to wash up en masse on our beaches each spring. These events are called "blue tides" due to the blue coloring of their bodies and the number of them. Quite the sailors, indeed.
There's always something interesting to find at Cannon Beach.
I guess they are quite rare to find on the beach since they live out quite far and deep (up to 6000 feet deep). For a better series of pictures, check out @Matt B's post #281 on this thread.
We also saw tons of Velella velella washed up along the surf line all up and down he beach. Velella velella, aka by-the-wind sailors, are colonies of jellyfish-like creatures that use their sails to travel down the coast of California, out toward Hawaii and Japan and back here again to wash up en masse on our beaches each spring. These events are called "blue tides" due to the blue coloring of their bodies and the number of them. Quite the sailors, indeed.
There's always something interesting to find at Cannon Beach.
Dinosaur water bottle
Birthday ballon
Anyone lose their valentine pillow?
SF
Birthday ballon
Anyone lose their valentine pillow?
SF
From Kanal Karen?
Jim in Anacortes
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Those "sailers" are no joke. In California .....they always signified major changes in ocean conditions... I always found them to be beautiful.... but the sight of them is unnerving... Millions of them "sailing" across the surface of the Pacific is quite a sight.
Todays fines.
Zip ties. To my knowledge, nobody tried to abduct or arrest me while I was fishing today.
Bully Bites dog treats. May be a bit gritty due to the sand, but dogs will likely overlook that due to the fact they are made with beef from Brazil.
One white Hanes tube sock. Don’t worry, I was wearing gloves when I carefully picked it up.
Found this bone. Looks like a rib. Any guesses what it may have come from?
One perfectly good Oral B toothbrush.
Lastly, saw the top of this sticking up out of the sand. It’s heavy for its size, so I believe it is glass. The top is frosted like sea glass. Any guesses what it might be?
SF
Zip ties. To my knowledge, nobody tried to abduct or arrest me while I was fishing today.
Bully Bites dog treats. May be a bit gritty due to the sand, but dogs will likely overlook that due to the fact they are made with beef from Brazil.
One white Hanes tube sock. Don’t worry, I was wearing gloves when I carefully picked it up.
Found this bone. Looks like a rib. Any guesses what it may have come from?
One perfectly good Oral B toothbrush.
Lastly, saw the top of this sticking up out of the sand. It’s heavy for its size, so I believe it is glass. The top is frosted like sea glass. Any guesses what it might be?
SF
It looks like the pestle of a glass mortal and pestle.
Steve
I've seen old perfume bottle stoppers that looked like that. Was there a fragrant lady bathing nearby?
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Divad
Whitefish
A little too much flare for perfect quality, more like acceptable condition. Deserves a retirement from teeth and onto car parts, mountain bike cleaning, guns etc.
Certified Keyboard Dentist.
Tom,
Fished a different beach today so I didn’t see “the fragrant swimmer” today, but I did see two other people swimming. Myself, I’ll pass on the swimming.
SF
I wondered where I left that!