Anyone Know about shallow water Clamming?

[Still Running]

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

[olclamman]

  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
 

[Still Running]

oc,
The island is a little island in the bay in  ocean  City MD.
The clams are deep in the sand.

[CapBob]

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

[olclamman]

disel
      its too bad you clam so far away  if you were closer to the barnegat we could together to do a little clammin    dep water that is 
  if you have any time off during the week
  let me know  and maybe we can do some deep water clammin       
                                  oc

[blynch]

how deep do you mean by "Deep"?

[fishon42]

3-4,000 feet.

[olclamman]

    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