retiring tide

It is not less interesting to watch an individual fisher than a group when the retiring tide has left the channel.

They are so contrived that the fish can get into them at high water, but cannot escape with the retiring tide.

Although common in the pools of water left by the retiring tide, these animals were not easily caught.

One day I carried one to a deep pool left by the retiring tide, and threw it in several times as far as I was able.

Sometimes he moved slowly on, his eyes fixed on the sand which the retiring tide had left a firm and even footing.