Post by Admin on Jun 13, 2015 0:57:40 GMT
Don writes, "Sorry for the late Clamming report Bill, I've been up to my neck at work since coming back from my trip to Oregon from 8/25 - 9/3/10. We had a great time fishing, crabbing, and clamming in Astoria, Nehalem and Coos Bay.
We were able to savor Oregon seafood every day we were up there, it doesn't get any better than that. In terms of the clamming, we found the Purple Varnish Beds just south of the Nehalem boat launch, and directly across the bay from there, the heavy Softshell beds near the Brighton area. In Coos Bay (Empire area) we found heavy Butter Clam beds with the Manila Littlenecks mixed in, plus a Gaper Clam.
Interesting thing was, we were dealing (every day) with tides that were +2.0 - +3.0, and still had excellent harvests!! It was awesome and can't wait to dig up and savor some more clams next year!!
Just for the record, there were three of us clamming, which accounted for the sizeable amount of clams we harvested on some of our outings. Also, the Littleneck Clam Appetizer I made was modeled after Clamslayer's Clams Casino recipe. I cleaned and then chopped up and steamed the clam meat, then mixed with melted sharp cheddar, then topped with hot sauce. Wow, so delicious. Yet another great tidbit from your book. Thanks for your advice and your book. Don"
Don used a crab snare very effectively to take the Dungeness crabs in the photo off of the south jetty of the Columbia River Estuary. They dug the puprle varnish and picked the mussels from Nehalem Bay. Don is pictured below digging softshell clams from the Brighton area of Nehalem Bay in the photo to the left. Don and his brother-in-law pose with shotshell clams they dug next to the photo of the cleaned clams and cooking clams and above the photo of the purple varnish clams. The photo of them on the ATVs was taken at the Oregon Dunes Recreational Area. The photo of the butter that were dug from Coos Bay is next to the photo of Don's version of Clams Casino.
Click on the following link to view the Photo Array www.clamdigging.info/Clamming-Vacation-Photos.html#Anchor-DO-48764 I have to admire Don's iniative and determination to succeed under very marginal tidal conditions. Kudos to Don and his brother-in-law. Bill
We were able to savor Oregon seafood every day we were up there, it doesn't get any better than that. In terms of the clamming, we found the Purple Varnish Beds just south of the Nehalem boat launch, and directly across the bay from there, the heavy Softshell beds near the Brighton area. In Coos Bay (Empire area) we found heavy Butter Clam beds with the Manila Littlenecks mixed in, plus a Gaper Clam.
Interesting thing was, we were dealing (every day) with tides that were +2.0 - +3.0, and still had excellent harvests!! It was awesome and can't wait to dig up and savor some more clams next year!!
Just for the record, there were three of us clamming, which accounted for the sizeable amount of clams we harvested on some of our outings. Also, the Littleneck Clam Appetizer I made was modeled after Clamslayer's Clams Casino recipe. I cleaned and then chopped up and steamed the clam meat, then mixed with melted sharp cheddar, then topped with hot sauce. Wow, so delicious. Yet another great tidbit from your book. Thanks for your advice and your book. Don"
Don used a crab snare very effectively to take the Dungeness crabs in the photo off of the south jetty of the Columbia River Estuary. They dug the puprle varnish and picked the mussels from Nehalem Bay. Don is pictured below digging softshell clams from the Brighton area of Nehalem Bay in the photo to the left. Don and his brother-in-law pose with shotshell clams they dug next to the photo of the cleaned clams and cooking clams and above the photo of the purple varnish clams. The photo of them on the ATVs was taken at the Oregon Dunes Recreational Area. The photo of the butter that were dug from Coos Bay is next to the photo of Don's version of Clams Casino.
Click on the following link to view the Photo Array www.clamdigging.info/Clamming-Vacation-Photos.html#Anchor-DO-48764 I have to admire Don's iniative and determination to succeed under very marginal tidal conditions. Kudos to Don and his brother-in-law. Bill
