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Clam digging open!
« on: May 13, 2021, 10:06:42 AM »
For one day this weekend, then Monday for you retired guys! Oh, and only on one beach, Mocrops! Saturday morning dig, 9:37 low tide .5 .   So who’s going??
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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2021, 10:13:37 AM »
Where are you seeing this?
Look man, some times you just gotta roll the dice

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2021, 10:16:07 AM »
Wdfw Facebook page
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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2021, 10:17:01 AM »
This
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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2021, 10:21:08 AM »
Pass for me...clams quality is questionable this time of year for my taste.

I thought it was an all beaches or nothing plan all winter...and now one beach... that's guna get crowded fast. Good ole wdfw ..

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2021, 10:23:53 AM »
Pass for me...clams quality is questionable this time of year for my taste.

I thought it was an all beaches or nothing plan all winter...and now one beach... that's guna get crowded fast. Good ole wdfw ..
RIGHT!!!  Who comes up w this??  Lol, I may just do it, dying for some fresh razor clams!
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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2021, 10:39:31 AM »
WDFW needs people to buy 2021 clam licenses now.  Guaranteed for a minimum  maximum of one dig at this time..  No refundo.  .


fixed it. 

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2021, 10:41:14 AM »
Would love to go but I can't even begin to imagine how jacked up up it will be with just the one beach open.  Pass.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2021, 11:17:13 AM »
Wow, Saturday opener on one beach only.  Good news is the pandemic is apparently over.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2021, 09:56:30 PM »
With very little notice I'm sure the beach won't be as crowded as if they announced this a week ahead of time. I wish I could go....
... also, your clam license bought now would be good till March 31st 2022, so you likely will get all fall and winter on it.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2021, 09:59:13 PM »
Just bought my fishing license yesterday so I don't even need a clam license. The wife and I and a friend of hers will be heading down there Saturday. Wife and I will likely hit it again on Monday. Last time we went was in September.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2021, 01:42:05 AM »
Pass for me...clams quality is questionable this time of year for my taste.

I thought it was an all beaches or nothing plan all winter...and now one beach... that's guna get crowded fast. Good ole wdfw ..

What differences have you noticed in clam quality in may vs. in march/april? I can't recall ever digging past April. Considering trying on monday. Thanks

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2021, 07:05:40 AM »
Pass for me...clams quality is questionable this time of year for my taste.

I thought it was an all beaches or nothing plan all winter...and now one beach... that's guna get crowded fast. Good ole wdfw ..

What differences have you noticed in clam quality in may vs. in march/april? I can't recall ever digging past April. Considering trying on monday. Thanks

Can be milky and softer.
Once temps get into the 60-70s I avoid them..but that's my personal preference.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2021, 11:09:00 AM »
We're on the fence, baseball game on Saturday but maybe Monday.  It will be a circus for sure, but good fun will be had by many.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2021, 12:22:57 PM »
We'll be out Monday I hope.  If they taste like crap, they'll go in the crab pots this summer.
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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2021, 11:28:21 AM »
Anybody with reports yet?  Interested to know what the traffic and crowds were like and how the clamming went. 
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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2021, 12:31:51 PM »
Dug at Roosevelt. Easy limits and tons of people. Nice size clams. Traffic was a easy in and out.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #17 on: May 15, 2021, 12:34:15 PM »
Ton of people but clams were easy to come by. We grabbed our limits pretty quickly.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #18 on: May 15, 2021, 12:42:24 PM »
Took us about an hour and a half for three limits. One inexperienced digger or it would have gone a little quicker. Definitely wasn't as good as last September.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #19 on: May 15, 2021, 12:58:17 PM »
Thanks guys.  Going to hit it on Monday.
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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #20 on: May 15, 2021, 06:38:24 PM »
There were lots of people, but their is a lot of space!
Didn't seem busier than any other dig, probably due to short notice.
Dug a couple limits in about 1 hour. Quality of the clams were great.
I bet they taste the same as October clams.
If you got Monday off, go for it. It's a good time.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #21 on: May 15, 2021, 08:15:15 PM »
Did any of you go farther north to the other approaches than Roosevelt?  Just curious.
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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #22 on: May 15, 2021, 08:18:08 PM »
Did any of you go farther north to the other approaches than Roosevelt?  Just curious.

No, I wanted to, but the wife wanted to go where we always do. I thought there might be less people further north.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #23 on: May 15, 2021, 08:31:45 PM »
I haven't had razor clans in about 10 years  :bash:

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #24 on: May 16, 2021, 06:41:11 AM »
I have been a little distracted...
When did they open crab?
The mountains are calling and I must go."
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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #25 on: May 25, 2021, 07:26:31 PM »
Dug at Roosevelt. Easy limits and tons of people. Nice size clams. Traffic was a easy in and out.

Classic clambo and clambo jr :tup:
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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #26 on: May 25, 2021, 08:32:08 PM »
Tried to get a spot for my travel trailer yesterday but they're all booked up. Forgot about it being a holiday weekend! Going to Ocean Park and fish for some surf perch.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #27 on: May 25, 2021, 09:57:11 PM »
Yeah, load up and go, it opens tomorrow and they notified today at 3 pm.   :chuckle:

Go get them, wish I wasn't tied up all weekend.

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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #28 on: May 25, 2021, 10:32:06 PM »
We'll be out Friday again.  Clams were good last week. 
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Re: Clam digging open!
« Reply #29 on: November 07, 2021, 12:10:36 PM »
Figured I’d bump this since digs are just about every weekend now.  The wife and I went out this past weekend, hate the night digs but we did good, weather was interesting sat night but pretty Good Friday.  Does anyone else feel a little sea sick after digging clams?? It sounds odd but I think it’s from watching the waves intently?
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