I could tell, just by looking at that gorgeous lake, with its deep center and shallow, fertile flats, that it contained big goldens.

Everything from snook to redfish to sea trout prowl the shallow tidal flats here, albeit sometimes in the shadow of high-rises.

There are shallow flats covered with cattails and other emergent species.

When he got to the shoreline, he put on the Polaroids and swept the shallow flats with his eyes.

The rivers spill into fecund, shallow tidal flats on the Gulf of Mexico.

Lower level west-facing units are shallow flats with large expanses of glass.

At night, small groups assemble and swim onto shallow sandy flats with the rising tide to feed.

The use of saltwater fly fishing to specifically target golden trevally has developed in recent years, especially over shallow sandy flats.

Mr. Lowe calls the bay his own and is out on it often in his special boat designed to glide through the shallow flats.

But other scientists say such devices could backfire, because manatees, when spooked, tend to leave shallow flats for deep water.