Went to the Beach Today

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I went to Washington Oaks beach today and took a ton of photos. I fished for a couple of hours and didn't catch anything. Although we did collect about 30 limpets. This has to be my favorite beach in Florida. The water was cold and the air temperature was in the high 70's. Lots more photos to come.

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Here is the sign that explains the different zones of the beach. Anemones and starfish and urchins can be found in the red zone at very low tides. Today the edge of the red zone was exposed for less than an hour. Most of the photos that I took are of the green zone when the tide had already started to come back in.

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Here are the limpets that can be found in the thousands out there. Each rock in the green zone has at least a hundred visible limpets on it. The green algae is very similar to Ulva.

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If you dig around in the sand you can find tons of these sand fleas which are good for bait.

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The rocks in the green zone are covered with whelks, which are not welcome in my aquarium.

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Here is some of the algae that grows in the red zone. It is hard to tell in the photo but the algae is red.