Post #437621 by Polynesiac on Tue, Mar 3, 2009 3:35 PM

Back at home, here in good ol' Pedro. Here is this years haul of fishing crap:

This year had some amazing storms during the lobster season and I had the misfortune of having to be at work early on just about every morning the day after the storm. Which means other beachcombers got some good stuff! There were a few mornings and afternoons that I was able to head over to the rocky coast and find some goodies in addition to the every morning my faithful border collie and myself walk the sandy beach and occasionally find something washed up.
Most of what I find are lobster buoy's or similar floats for lobster fishing. Occasionally I find bumpers and whatnot too. I just like the peace of walking the coast. You really feel like your miles away from everything. Any usable trash I come across is just icing on the cake (and one less piece of garbage to entangle animals)

This year I dragged a metal lobster trap home with me:

and a crab net too:

I actually found a crab net in real good shape and I gave it to my boss at the aquarium because he runs a free "fishing with uncle larry" class that teaches the basics and etiquette if fishing. Now we can catch crabs too. (HAH!)

I usually like to walk where very few people go. In such a busy, crowded and loud city I like to "get away" as much as I can and hiking along the coast is a great way to do that. I decided to bring along a camera the last time I went down, so I snapped a few photos of the fun things along the coast. Aside from the floats and whatnot, there are some other interesting finds along the coast as well:

Engines:

See if you can find the 2 engines in this picture:

Truck axle:

washing machine? :

A Float in the wild:

-----Natural wonders-----

SP at a decent low tide (around a -.03):

Sedimentary rock erodes very easily:

I surprised these sun bathing harbor seals (and they surprised me! I kept my distance because I didn't want to startle them into the water. They just watched me the entire time as I walked by. I'm just a temporary visitor!):

and finally this picture:

I walk by this "log" a lot and got to thinking...sure is a big log...with no creasote or preservatives on it....sure is perfectly round (and the ocean most likely has something to do with that), but could this be the mast that the Headly family is sitting on in the Life Magazine picture? Maybe Ben can chime in.

Enjoy!