I've been wanting to try razor clams for quite a while now, however I just realised I've no idea how to go about finding them, so can anyone offer any advice please?
Help with razor clams needed
- Thread starter Feygan
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Hi Feygan,your best bet would be to go to the seashore at a spring tide when more of the beach will be exposed,as razorsclams are found further down the beach, what to look for are holes in the sand that look keyhole shaped,plus you can sometimes see a spurt of water coming out of the sand as you walk along,this is caused by the clam shooting down into its burrow. To get them out is just a matter of carrying a tub of salt with you,when you see a hole just pour a load of salt down the burrow and the clam will rise to the surface,now grab the clam but don't try to pull it out to hard as it will disappear again,if you hold it until you feel it start to relax then out it will come,next simply cook and enjoy!
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
I've only done this a few times in Oregon, but it was very easy, and we got a lot of clams. We would walk along the beach with a short handled shovel, and use the butt of the handle end and tap it on the sand as we were walking, watching the sand ahead of us while doing it. When we saw the sand drop - or the "spit" of water Stuart mentions, we would dig down like mad and get the clam. If you didn't get the clam out of the sand within the first two shovel fulls - it would be gone. Sure was fun!
Don't know if it works this way anywhere else. When I've dug clams in Alaska, the beaches were gravel, and the clams couldn't get away. These Alaskan clams were not razor clams. The clams in Oregon were razor clams, much longer and narrower.
PG
Don't know if it works this way anywhere else. When I've dug clams in Alaska, the beaches were gravel, and the clams couldn't get away. These Alaskan clams were not razor clams. The clams in Oregon were razor clams, much longer and narrower.
PG
