08/19/2026
There’s been some Group discussions recently about the growing popularity of this activity depleting our area beaches of NEOlite fluorescent mineral rocks (pooperlite 😉).
The beach backs may be picked or stale per lack of windy wave days prior, but most of this evening’s finds were pulled from the water—NOT the beach back sandy picked stale shore.
WE use the free Windy.com app to plot calm nights with low wind preferably from the South, to get a good 20’-30’ out in the no-waves waterline for fresh finds. Supportive shoes for unstable ground in the water, waders for colder temps. An LED headlamp is also highly recommended to toggle back-n-forth to check the water depth landscape if necessary.
I equate it to fishing: Fish move around and only bite at certain times & in certain weather conditions etc.. You can’t just pick a random, convenient weekend, travel, get a hotel and expect them to be laying around.
Fridays after storm or windy waves I’ll generously give 75% odds…for the novice hunter.
Saturdays, the odds lessen per Friday’s hunters.
Sundays, you may only find what others missed…hopefully.
Mondays-Thursdays are prime, especially right after storms or windy wavey days…
Fall, Spring and no ground snow Winter days are great also, as they w**d out the freeze baby faint of hearts, js.
Like hunting anything else, you have to plan, prepare & strategize a bit. Or it would be like just picking a random weekend to go hunt Elk in a common area or where they’re simply not likely to be. Or at the end of hunting season where they’re already eaten or mounted on somebody’s wall lol.
And for goodness sakes, you need a 365nm filtered UV light—not a purple beam 395 cheap-o from Harbor Freight. You’ll find some fluorescent fishing gear and that’s it. YouTube and Lake Erie Fluorescent Mineral Hunters & other Groups can provide lots of info on if you “surf” around.
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AloneFire SV18, $34 Ama 🔦
DM this page with questions and good luck!
