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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => Helping Each Other Out => Topic started by: Still Running on June 29, 2008, 08:49:02 AM
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I go Clamming on this island every year and don’t do so bad, but I end up doing more raking then my old shoulder can handle. This island has about a foot of water on it at high tide and none at low. The clams we get are about 6 -8” under the sand. It takes a lot to find them. My question, is there any thing I can look for to aid in finding them? I have tried to rake where I find some grass coming out of the sand and also where I saw a small hole. I have found clams in both spots and sometimes I haven’t. Did I find the clams there because of the hole or grass or did I just get lucky?
Thanks for the help.
Rick
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diesel
first what island are u talkin about staten - long - clam or hieghts -- if u read my post about 101 clammin in the pass the butter threads
by ronster -- i try to clam only in deep water not ankle deep clams are not 6-8 in in the sand but 1-1/2 to 3 in deep deep water is the way to go see ya down the bay
oc
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oc,
The island is a little island in the bay in ocean City MD.
The clams are deep in the sand.
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Being a born Bayshore Boy, we always treaded clams with our feet at low tide.....they are only a few inchs down in the sand, ya feel with your feet and pick em up with your toes........of course it does help that we have webed feet t^
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disel
its too bad you clam so far away 5hrug if you were closer to the barnegat we could together to do a little clammin t^ dep water that is slt
if you have any time off during the week
let me know and maybe we can do some deep water clammin TT^
oc chrz
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how deep do you mean by "Deep"?
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3-4,000 feet.
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im 6-2 and i mean mid chest to shoulder
deep low water clammin to me is like pullin concrete which i have done many many times