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05-22-2009, 08:39 PM
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Razor Clams
Is razor clamming big in Alaska? In Washington we have about 6 digs each yr, most lasting for 3 days.
What are average size clams up there?
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05-22-2009, 10:36 PM
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You can dig razor clams at every low tide if it's low enough. With the amount of folks digging anymore...pickins are slimming down.
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05-22-2009, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by tomcat6369
Is razor clamming big in Alaska? In Washington we have about 6 digs each yr, most lasting for 3 days.
What are average size clams up there?
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Bro-in-law is on beach...so may people when -tide is scary...we just go build fire and watch as people get crazy....and Rance is right...smaller...like maybe 4" unless in good spot...but yes is crazy time here when -tides.... |
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05-22-2009, 11:59 PM
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To get into really big razor clams, you need to go across the Cook Inlet by the beaches on Katmai National park. Very little pressure on them there and you can fill a five gallon bucket in a short time at almost any minus tide. Halo Bay is really a gold mine for them.
They are eight to ten inches long on the shell... The down side is that the Brown bears like them too, and will go out at low tide and see what is in your bucket.
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05-23-2009, 12:09 AM
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To give a bit of how the other half live. Here we have Pismo clams. The way you find them is wade out and stab the ground with a pitch fork until you feel the thud of a clam. Then dig it up. Problem with this is the water is very cold (by Cali. standards) and after a while your feet go numb. Thus the story of how i stuck a pitch fork through my toe and didnt know it. I was 15 at the time so if you also want a review of the good parties in Pismo DM me LOL. No forget that i dont remember details.
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05-23-2009, 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by starlite9
To get into really big razor clams, you need to go across the Cook Inlet by the beaches on Katmai National park. Very little pressure on them there and you can fill a five gallon bucket in a short time at almost any minus tide. Halo Bay is really a gold mine for them.
They are eight to ten inches long on the shell... The down side is that the Brown bears like them too, and will go out at low tide and see what is in your bucket.
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05-23-2009, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Grannysroost
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It has been a few years since I went there, but you you could land at the lower tide levels of Katmai and dig for clams. Was well worth it when ever I was out there, don't know what the regs are now. |
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05-23-2009, 02:26 AM
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Probably no clam hunting from the air or on the same day you fly in!
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05-23-2009, 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Rance
Probably no clam hunting from the air or on the same day you fly in!
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05-23-2009, 03:14 AM
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Whoops. There was that trip down to Homer, and I flew out the next day. And they didn't comment on that 5 gallon bucket. Whew! Got away with that one.
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