tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post7601671180953741124..comments2024-01-16T21:08:41.534-06:00Comments on On a Wing and a Whim: Polly Creek Alaska TidesOn a Wing and a Whimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754595334684845895noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-91984532627551563902017-03-28T16:35:04.886-05:002017-03-28T16:35:04.886-05:00well I have to say that I was there in 1977 a, my ...well I have to say that I was there in 1977 a, my dad was a commercial fisherman and was there for three months I think,,maybe more , he lived in one of three cabins..that was all that was there and a smoke house and a kippered housed and an outhouse, a homemade shower from the water from the creek or spring..was a bunch of bear and mink and other scary stuff.. was an adventure of a lifetime I was 13 yrs old and will never forget those 2 weeks..not a person for miles we were flown there from kenai<br />audie newbankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01131815063306742364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-908888779934527752010-06-15T13:59:07.302-05:002010-06-15T13:59:07.302-05:00The clam bed at Polly Creek are roughly here: 60.2...The clam bed at Polly Creek are roughly here: 60.220139,-152.596779 (The Bing Map search tab has a better sattelite photo than google maps). Clamming is best at a neap tide about a mile to three miles offshore, on the great long sandbars. On the other hand, there's this danger associated with being three miles offshore, because that tide come up through the sand as well as in from the sea....<br /><br />Timing is everything!On a Wing and a Whimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754595334684845895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-78050336265940607582010-06-15T07:01:35.377-05:002010-06-15T07:01:35.377-05:00Yep, planning IS a prerequisite :-)Yep, planning IS a prerequisite :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com