John, I hunt both in and out in the wet sand and dry. Today the water temp was around 44 I had shorts on and scuba boots I was in the water up to ankle wash on sand bars and such. During the summer I get up the my chest hunting in the water. Today's finds were a very sloped beach high tide mark to the water! Most targets came from an area no larger than 300 ft by 100 ft. Tomorrow it might be gone? Who knows ? I have seen this take place many times. The old adage you should have been here yesterday fits so well in this hobby.
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thanks for the info. i will have to give 'in the water' another shot...i use a BHID with the older 9.5'' coil...it really has a lot of resistance to the waves...i bought a stabilizer for the coil to keep it fixed in one position so we'll see how that works this year until i can save up for a PI machine...good luck