outgoing tide

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They should also avoid fishing during the outgoing tide, which is when most depredation events occur.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2024

Red fish on live shrimp & live mullet, very good in and at the mouths of the marsh on and outgoing tide on top water.

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2019

Sickler says he was caught in an outgoing tide while fishing.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2018

Late in the campaign, he continued to be confident and did not sense the outgoing tide.

From Washington Times • Nov. 15, 2016

There is struggle for food, accentuated by the fact that small items tend to be swept away by the outgoing tide or to sink down the slope to deep water.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur