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07-07-2013, 01:32 PM
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Annisquam Assassin
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Peabody, MA
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Clamming....never done it
So this is kind of a dumb question, and I'm sure it's not rocket science, but I've never dug for clams and was wondering where to go? I know you need a permit, but is this issued by individual town or by the state? What am I looking for at low tide? Are there bubbles under the sand or a hole? Like I said, I can't believe I've never done this, but I don't want to look like an idiot when I go to do this....well, no more than I usually do...lol. Any info would help. Thanks guys.
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Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. ~Paul Schullery
There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
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07-07-2013, 03:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,139
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Permits are issued by towns. What to look for depends on which clams you are looking for. For soft shell clams, look for the holes they leave in the mud from when they extend their siphons to feed. For hard clams, I look for sandy bottom with a mix of small stone.
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07-07-2013, 03:31 PM
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eh! What do you mean?
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Tiverton
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Town/City hall in MA. you need one per town.
Low tide, holes and squirts lol...
not rocket science...
pitchfork, clam gauge, quahog gauge, basket, permit and time.
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07-07-2013, 03:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
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You will see the holes. Sometimes they will squirt water out of the hole. Find a decent group of holes together and dig. If its muddy or sandy just use your hands. If its rocky use a pitch fork
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07-07-2013, 04:12 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Also dig carefully so you don't impale them
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07-07-2013, 05:32 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
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Be careful with me  |
ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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07-08-2013, 10:03 AM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clammer
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Yes, you and they are very delicate creatures.  |
" Choose Life "
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07-08-2013, 10:12 AM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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push rack in ground, the pry or fold up rack, then use hands to feel around. the soft shell will break easy if not careful!
Areas on the Cape, Orleans, Chatham, ect...ect... are just opening after the red tide, I have been hearing it ok this year but not as good as others?
Good Luck!!
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
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07-08-2013, 01:30 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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Quote:
Originally Posted by N.ShoreFisher
So this is kind of a dumb question, and I'm sure it's not rocket science, but I've never dug for clams and was wondering where to go? I know you need a permit, but is this issued by individual town or by the state? What am I looking for at low tide? Are there bubbles under the sand or a hole? Like I said, I can't believe I've never done this, but I don't want to look like an idiot when I go to do this....well, no more than I usually do...lol. Any info would help. Thanks guys.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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07-08-2013, 03:58 PM
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Annisquam Assassin
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Peabody, MA
Posts: 669
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimmer
What!
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right?! |
Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. ~Paul Schullery
There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
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07-08-2013, 04:02 PM
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Annisquam Assassin
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Peabody, MA
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anyone wanna go clamming?
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Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. ~Paul Schullery
There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
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07-08-2013, 05:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,939
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Quote:
Originally Posted by N.ShoreFisher
anyone wanna go clamming?
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River finally opened back up today. Heading home now for a clam boil. Good luck!
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07-09-2013, 07:05 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
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Keep your head to sand and your butt up in the air.......  |
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07-09-2013, 07:30 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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I was extremely lucky as a child in that my father used a meager inheritance from his step-mothers estate to buy a cottage in Eastham, on the bay side, in Sunset Village. Of course many people here know the tide goes out ther sometimes 1 1/2 miles, all fertile clam flats, those sandbars used to be. Because other than having money to buy the cottage my parents didn't have much for anything else. So, consequently, I first and then my brother, methodically pillaged those sandbars, and eel grass beds for every clam they had hidden there to suplement the weekly budget. If you were willing to walk out further, or as far as you could go at low tide you could actually pick up quahogs in the same area at high tide where the draggers would be dredging the bottom. From the third sandbar to the 10th or 12th bar if one dared you could dig for razor clams, which were good for bait. Sticking your index and middle finger into the sand about two inches away from the little football shaped hole at a forty five degree angle, the angle was necessary so your fingers would hit the razor clam as it went down on its hole to escape your fingers. If you weren't fast enough the slice at the top of those didgits could be serious.
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07-09-2013, 08:14 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
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Swimmer ,
when my kids were young & I,d make a supper size clamboil . my kids would fight over the one or two razorclams that were in with the steamer I dug .
I,ve been told they are really good
I have a friend that,s a diver / when he,s was diving for steamers, he would get enough of them that the dealer actually bought them /@ a different price .
We got two yesterday / they have probably been eaten all ready .
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ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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07-09-2013, 08:27 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Razor clams are killer. Goose fish and I target them in the winter. I made a clam gun out of PVC. Google it. I lightly steam them open, then coat in corn meal and pan fry them in butter. They are to die for.
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07-17-2013, 09:18 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Malden / Falmouth Seacoast Shores
Posts: 34
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Quote:
Originally Posted by leptar
Town/City hall in MA. you need one per town.
Low tide, holes and squirts lol...
not rocket science...
pitchfork, clam gauge, quahog gauge, basket, permit and time.
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07-17-2013, 11:09 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,939
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
Razor clams are killer. Goose fish and I target them in the winter. I made a clam gun out of PVC. Google it. I lightly steam them open, then coat in corn meal and pan fry them in butter. They are to die for.
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Never heard of that. I googled it. Looks pretty awesome. Does it work for soft shells? Also have you ever used a plunger?
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