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Stripers and Sand Eels in November

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Sand Eels in November

I pause on the crest of a big, bulbous dune to soak up the scene that lies in entrance of me. My breath is available in small puffs of vapor that grasp like fog round my face, clouding my imaginative and prescient. It’s chilly tonight. The sand glistens like 1,000,000 minuscule diamonds underneath a heavy dew and full moon. Whereas the air is sort of totally nonetheless, the rolling surf breaks the silence with rhythmic pulsations of churning water. It’s a weak surf, however the sound carries far within the crisp air. The celebrities are so vivid and clear that they really feel shut…as if I might attain up and maintain them in my hand. In a fleeting second of childlike creativeness, I need to restrain myself from making an attempt.

Motion to the precise catches my eye. I flip, disturbing the stillness round me with the swish sound of my waders. A fox is working the tide line, his nostril down, darting and swerving as waves break and roll towards it. It’s a bit late for me to run into my season-long nocturnal companion, but right here she is. She pauses momentarily to examine some potential meal. I feel to myself, “I’m wondering if this would be the final evening I see her this season?” I frown. The thought is yet one more harbinger of a season coming to a detailed.



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