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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: Sitka_Blacktail on December 12, 2015, 12:34:37 PM

Title: Clamming
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on December 12, 2015, 12:34:37 PM: The state has announced a clam opener for one day only on Christmas Eve.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/razorclams/current.html
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Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on December 12, 2015, 12:38:20 PM: Whoops, now it looks like it is three days. 24, 25, and 26.
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Post by: mainer78 on December 13, 2015, 07:56:46 PM: The family will be there Christmas Day!!!
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Post by: Becky on December 13, 2015, 08:04:38 PM: If you ever want to beat the crowds that's probably the time to go :yike:
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on December 19, 2015, 09:12:53 PM: :tup: I'm thinking about goin
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Post by: WSU on December 19, 2015, 09:33:53 PM: I will go if the ocean lays down. Clamming is no fun with 15+ foot seas.
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Post by: WSU on December 19, 2015, 09:45:02 PM: It is pretty fun to look for shows in the dark with waves washing 200 yards up the beach!
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Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on December 20, 2015, 12:07:50 PM: Quote from: WSU on December 19, 2015, 09:45:02 PM
It is pretty fun to look for shows in the dark with waves washing 200 yards up the beach!

That's an adventure I've done many times. One tip, it seems to get real quiet right before a big wave comes. I don't know if it's because the big waves block the sound of all the smaller waves, or the big waves come farther up the beach before they crash. But if you are digging in the dark and it gets eerily quiet....... Be ready to run!

But this dig, there is no reason you can't get your clams while it's still light. The tides are early enough. The last day might be a little iffy depending on how the clams are showing.