Hey hey, I said fat azz!!?
the "What are you doing NOW" thread (part deux)
I just lost 50 lbs so that adjective is gone. ?
Well, I found it! So it still stands...
Nice rake [USER=56]@JoeBfishing[/USER], looks like the one I got from some MA company. I didn't bother with the gauge, just entrusting the 1" gap on the rake...
I must have falsely assumed there were clams there, although you must have had some inclination that was to be the case too. Sorry to cause you any pain. I am a doctor, although not "that kind", and my familiarity with human physiology allows me to suggest my post-clamming therapeutic regime, a fistful of ibuprofen washed down with a few Margarita chasers. You can augment this therapy with a nice cigar if you wish...
My neighbors can't figure out why I don't share the clams I dig, just fish. Like you, my sorry old azz and shoulders are shot after digging so what I don't use for the next week either get shucked and frozen, or they get "replanted" to my personal flats by the dock or just sit in the lobster car hanging from the dock for easy and quick access...
I believe in NY you have to have the gauge in your possession of you are a recreational clammer.
"Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
I believe in NY you have to have the gauge in your possession of you are a recreational clammer.
Interesting. Around here the only clam they care about are the soft shells (steamers). Hard shells are considered garbage, much to my delight...
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
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Hen clams, AKA Surf Clams, Skimmer Clams, are one step above hard shells in Maine, only considered suitable for chowdah and bait.
This LI Boy couldn't be happier as the local clamming regulations are all for steamers, and I only use skimmers for bait.
An actual exchange with the Town Clam Committee Chairman, "My I dig clams in my backyard?"
"Oh no, that's a protected area!"
"Sorry, wasn't clear, let's try this again. May I dig hard shell clams, you know quahogs, Mercinaria mercinaria, in my backyard?"
"Oh hell yes! Why would you want those?"
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/atlantic-surfclam[/URL]
Just loaded the truck up, heading to Captree to see what the Bay as to offer.
southbound and down ....... with 2 dogs and the boss.
Somebody's got to check in on Wader.
;)
There's a full-time job with all his moseying and honky tonking...
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
How was it?
We ended up going to ocean, I had 2 short fluke and a bunch of short BSB along with the birds. Pool fish was probably 5lbs. Just felt good to be out on the water.
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