Hunting for monster clams in WA state May 2022. Geoduck, Horse Clams, cockles and manila clams.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ค. 2022
- Nice sunny spring day May 2022 with a -3.4ft tide.
Thats a Geoduck tide.
There are only a handful of days in the year that the tide gets low enough to expose the Geoduck beds. Although they can’t really run away from you once you find them, they live 3 ft+ under the sand. It is a lot of digging to get to one and make it your food.
That’s probably why they are so expensive.
Its cousin the horse clam, which in my opinion tastes just as good, though a bit less meat, is much easier to dig.
Geoducks. Horse Clams. Cockles. Mussels that live in the sand( my first time finding them ). Mix of Manila+native littleneck .
Good video kid. Love watching this stuff.
My friend has a comercial permit in Mexico, they are in 60 ft of water, and the divers blow them out using a jet of water from a pump on the boat.
yup, envy how easy those ops are.. less than a min each clam
Great vid!
Very good friend
my favorite food "Miru Gai" , thank you for sharing, I wish I could go find some with you!
you got some real nice ones, really had to work for them!..cool channel you have👍👍
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Wow, that’s hard work. I took my kids out to hunt for geoducks in California when they were little. We couldn’t even go more than a foot deep. The mud sucked on to the shovel. We never even ate a geoduck before but thought it would be a fun adventure and gift for grandma. Unfortunately we skunked. I’m thinking of visiting my son now all grown up who moved to Seattle. Maybe we can try for some manilla clams or oysters. Thank you so much for your video.
i've skunked a few times. it is quite a lot of hard work. considering the time it takes, the gas and ferry cost. It'd be more econimical to go catch one at the local asian seafood store. Much less messy of a way to make deslicious dishes out of a geoduck. except you can't make a fun youtube video out of it. :D oyster and Manila clams are much more vanila to dig.
Thanks for your sharing
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Nice work gentleman.
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Thanks for sharing! Great finds! Would you recommend Birch Bay? Is June a good time to catch horse clams? What's the best month to go? Thanks so much!
I use to go to Birch Bay and catch a lot of butterclams and horse clams. but one year they shutdown because of red tide and I haven't been there since. For horseclams, go when tide is at least -1 ft or lower. and look for sandier beaches and not rocky ones, makes digging much easier.
Also make sure to check the Health department website for water monitor closures: fortress.wa.gov/doh/biotoxin/biotoxin.html
@@CatchGrowPickCook Thank you so much for your reply!
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That's the hard way and alot of work.
where is this located? my father loves clam and digging for it so i would love to take him there
This was on Vashon Island. But they are throughout puget sound, low enough tide, nice beach with mostly sandy bottom and you will find Geoducks.
where did you get that metal bottomless "bucket"?
I bought a stockpot at goodwill, the type restaurants use to make their stock. and i cut the bottom out with an angle grinder
Do u filled it back thehole where u dig the geoduck
yes that is actually required by regulation and generally a respectful thing to do. Those who don't fill up their clam holes get cursed.
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舅舅好！
I think the intertidal zone is quite sensitive and fragile in ecology. Where is it okay to dig and remove creatures? How to deal with parasite risks?
there is a limit of clams one can harvest everyday, hence the limited human activity does not cause any irriversible damage and this activity is quite sustainable as there are a LOT of clams there and their population reaches a peak and plateau even if no human activities are involved. Simply put, nature is metal, its is not that fragile and sensitive. Parasites? what parasites?
@@CatchGrowPickCook All sorts of parasites and bacteria can be found in environments that are not controlled.
@@MrJerryTAO if one is worried about that, heat kills them all. but the main health risk of eating uncook shellfish comes from fibriosis, which happens when water and envrioment is warm. So if one goes out to collect shellfish in warm days, they should be careful not to eat them raw. All your oysters and clams actually comes from these" uncontrolled " enviroment. The shellfish farms raise their shellfish in open water.
It's okay to dig and remove creatures where WSFW says. As far as parasites, if a person is dumb enough to eat raw seafood from the puget sound that's up to them.
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不要钱但是要力要时间。
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Oh man, that's hard work but paid off well
maybe thats why its so expensive
What the state park
Spot was shared to me by a friend but told me not to share so I won't share it online. I can give you some pointers though: 1. google map satalite is your friend. 2. check department of health for biotoxin/ polution closers fortress.wa.gov/doh/biotoxin/biotoxin.html 3. WDFW has great information on public clam beaches, wdfw.wa.gov/places-to-go/shellfish-beaches, and don't be discouraged to go check out the beaches that says" Not much is known about shellfish resources on this beach. Oysters are not common at this location." because a lot of times those are the ones that are less visited by the crowd.
The first geoduck wasn’t that deep