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Had a go at bug hunting today but I had my doubts with low tide only dropping to around 9 feet. I previously
had a look around Boundry-Bay Airport but the term "mudd-bay" and "sand shrimp" did not lend well.
....Headed out to Cresent beach but the tide still didn't seem low enough. Wondered around for a bit and
my persistance paid off. Found a little patch around by the piere with sand loose enough to pump.
....There were many angles of attack that seemed to work for different reasons. These escavating marvels
are experts at their version of mining for nutrients. The discharge mounds on the sand comes in two
forms.....one with an extruded sand sqwiggle and one with a light dusting of darker sand from the depths.
The bugs , I found, could be pulled out backwads with the pump from one of the smaller holes. I think the hunting is a little hit and miss as the shrimp works the area but usually within a 1 foot radius of the sqwiggle mound.
If the area does not produce I would go for the swiggle mound and arrate the area by moving the pump
in and out,liquifiing the sand, collapsing the den and picking up these delicute creatures as the surface.
Not easy work but paid off in the end....
:beerchug: Marko
had a look around Boundry-Bay Airport but the term "mudd-bay" and "sand shrimp" did not lend well.
....Headed out to Cresent beach but the tide still didn't seem low enough. Wondered around for a bit and
my persistance paid off. Found a little patch around by the piere with sand loose enough to pump.
....There were many angles of attack that seemed to work for different reasons. These escavating marvels
are experts at their version of mining for nutrients. The discharge mounds on the sand comes in two
forms.....one with an extruded sand sqwiggle and one with a light dusting of darker sand from the depths.
The bugs , I found, could be pulled out backwads with the pump from one of the smaller holes. I think the hunting is a little hit and miss as the shrimp works the area but usually within a 1 foot radius of the sqwiggle mound.
If the area does not produce I would go for the swiggle mound and arrate the area by moving the pump
in and out,liquifiing the sand, collapsing the den and picking up these delicute creatures as the surface.
Not easy work but paid off in the end....
:beerchug: Marko