A few nice pictures, and some stories

[Alasgun]

At low tide, these first two are interesting places. The pop weed is full of little crabs and some snails, a few mussels etc. that are interesting to look at.

the next one is a narrow cut in the rocky shore that requires you to back in all the way and once inside you keep the boat pole handy!
At low tide the walls are COVERED with purple starfish up to a ft. In diameter. I bought a pool net and carried it and the grandkids out there once for some show and tell.

Next are a couple “reversing tidal waterfalls” which are simply a fresh water lake with no outlet stream. During low tide the water flows from the lake like any other (they’re all stream fed from above) and during high tide the ocean level is higher than the lake level so sea water flows into the lake during this period. Both of these are deep enough that during the high phase i could drive my boat up into these lakes! which i’ve not tried yet.
tide swings vary, but around here a normal change would be in the 10 ft’ range, from low to high. Cook inlet on the other hand has some of the largest swings in the world at 20 ft.

 

[thistlebloom]

Both of these are deep enough that during the high phase i could drive my boat up into these lakes! which i’ve not tried yet.

That's interesting! I can understand the hesitation.
Beautiful pictures as always!

 

[Ridgerunner]

tide swings vary, but around here a normal change would be in the 10 ft’ range, from low to high. Cook inlet on the other hand has some of the largest swings in the world at 20 ft.

Thought I'd show the tide swing at Shell Beach, I used to fish out of there a lot when I had my 15' aluminum boat with 25 horse motor. That boat was great for the marsh but I was really careful in open water.

This is considered a fairly big tidal change down here. Interesting how different it can be in different parts of the world.

Low Tide	1:01 AM(Wed 03 March)	-0.05 ft(-0.02 m)
High Tide	4:49 PM(Wed 03 March)	0.85 ft(0.26 m)

 

[Alasgun]

Trolling past the eye of the needle, out of Seward.

salmon jumping to loosen they’re eggs. They do this before coming into the spawning area. It was like this pretty much all that day and try as i might i could only get 4 in the air at once.

There are those who would say “you’ve softened in your old age, you had a clear shot and grabbed a camera?”. Mostly pesky but on occasion a gull will do something kinda cool.

Another out the back window trolling picture with the fireweed blooming on shore. I never tire of Alaskan beauty!

 

[Alasgun]

Majestic covers a lot of ground. When the Mountain scenes are all around we tend to ignore them for the near in (easier) shots. These beach rocks with the pop weed are an example. Apparently tidal movement back and forth over time creates a “majestic”beach scape. Roughly 100 yards of it on this beach!

And when you’re on a 25ft. Cdory (Huda Thunkit) and an over 70 ft. ‘Pleasure craft’ like this pulls into the anchorage it’s kinda majestic.

And thats going to be it for a bit folks. Im moving back into my busy season. Let’s see what fall brings, maybe we can dig up something?
Thanks for following along!

 

[pjn]

Thanks for sharing all those wonderful photos.

 

[thistlebloom]

Thanks Alasgun! Looking forward to the fall tour, don't forget us!