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Baby ShrimpIt is amazing to live on the coast like we do.

Raymond's gut the body of water which leads to the canal behind our home at the coast is an amazing nursery for a variety of coastal life.

We often see its surface boiling with new life.

The juvenile shrimp which were caught in a cast net on last Thursday night are just part of the story.

That same morning we caught a baby Flounder and a baby spot.  We also caught some finger mullet.  I've caught small Menhadden on my fly rod.

We are entertained all the time by jumping mullet who often leap out of the water for no apparent reason other than they like doing it.  Most of them do it for three times before they quit.

Then there are the blue crabs.  Some nights my single trap brings up three or four.  Of course they may be the same three or four since my wife refuses to let me eat "our neighborhood crabs" since they have little crab families.

Finally there are the millions of Fiddler Crabs which inhabit the banks of the inlet.  At low tide they are a scurrying multitude.

I am happy to live in spot where the water is clean enough that marine life thrives.  Those bags of styrofoam pellets that CAMA required me to bury behind my driveway to filter the water from the driveway look like pretty good investments at this point.

The Carolina coast near Swansboro and Emerald Isle is a really special spot.  On top of that our home in Bluewater Cove is unique among the many communities on the White Oak River. The water access that we have in a beautiful setting is unparalleled.

It is a great spot to live, and I am happy to report that summer in Bluewater Cove has been very busy both in the nursery behind our home and for us humans who get to enjoy watching the pageant of life along the coast.

Sometimes the setting for watching the show is pretty spectacular.