Digging for Razor Clams

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Out for a morning of Razor Clam digging, a Coastal Foraging staple along the beaches from Californian to Alaska. To hunt for them simply find a sandy flat beach, and at low tide stomp across the beach. Once they scare, the clams will dig deeper and leave a small hole or divit.

....dig there!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Razor Clams
• coastal foraging
• wild food
• bushrcraft
• clams
• fishing
• clam digging.

[gnomehater63]

you use a shovel? must be hard with that wide scoop iuse a normal clam shovel the skinny kind

[StayWildOutdoors]

@gnomehater63 It is actually quite easy, I wouldn't mind one of those skinny razor shovels though. I think next season I will pony up the cash for one....or I could go total forage bushcraft style and just use my hand! I saw a few people out one day doing that and they were filling their bucket...

[Urbanwild1]

So how do you determine where to dig? Will there be a follow-up on cooking them?

[StayWildOutdoors]

@Urbanwild1 You walk along and stomp the ground, the clams get scared and dig deeper leaving a hole or divit. That is where you dig. I will follow up with a better instructional video, cleaning, and cooking. Next week is a series of low tides.

[mayiandjay]

@supertramp71 Oh man they are great! This guy is lucky he gets it for free, because at the store they are very expensive.

[carvedbyramsey]

How long is the season? I want to go!

[StayWildOutdoors]

@supertramp71 They are great, very close to Abalone or Calamari. I have Panko fired them, tenderized and sauteed in butter & garlic, and finally made clam linguine. All these dishes were great, since I am a prepper I have been stocking each limit in the freezer so I have some throughout the winter.

[Urbanwild1]

@StayWildOutdoors Oh good--I'll look forward to that. BTW--that sure is an amazing area you live in! The beaches down here in SoCal aren't nearly as lovely--or clean.