Recent content by PNW Sam

Instead of looking for the clam "shows" in dry sand, I prefer to broadcast rake in the water. My reason for this is that not all clams will show, so you will be walking over clams looking for the ones that are showing, and less people work in the water. Only people that are somewhat serious...

Cockles are bay clams, so open beaches wouldn't work out. they are in pretty much every bay though. The only thing is that they are only found in certain areas of a given bay, just like all other clams. For example I have clammed Tillamook, Nehalem, and Netarts, but I have only found cockles in...

The tide was about -1.2. We clam in the Spring, then freeze them and eat them until the next Spring when we get more. We eat some fresh, but we freeze the majority.

I've never had a problem with sand in Cockle clams. My process for cleaning them is: 1) Boil for 10-30 seconds until the clam pops open. 2) Place the clam in to ice water. 3) When the clam is cooled down enough to handle, remove the entrails with one cut with scissors. 4) With my thumb, I then...

Thanks! Had a great time, Netarts is fun.

Went out last Saturday, the 2nd, and did some clamming at Netarts. I went with six other people, and we got 95 clams total. Four of us knew what we were doing, and the others had never been clamming before. It was the normal limits for the four of us who regularly go, and we each put at least 5...

Crawdads smell different than we do. What we think they will like isn't always what they really like. They don't like stinky rotten meats. They smell amino acids and proteins, so for example a plain uncooked chicken tenderloin would attract them well. That being said, wet cat food works...

Last Fall I fished SCR with powerbait off the bottom and spinners for 4 hours (two rod validation, so essentially 8 hours worth of fishing). Didn't get a bite or see any fish. I can't base my opinion on the place off of one bad trip, and I'd think that any of the obvious methods would produce...

Nice fish!! I was in SD last year. Pretty cool state, I liked it better than most of the surrounding states.

Hoping for the best for you, and that you can get your gear back safely! Just keep in mind that if S#%$ goes down he most likely knows where you live, which is kind of scary.

Wow that sucks that someone screwed the lake up. My dad told me about some trips over to Mann Lake he made in the early '90s, incredible fly fishing.

Sweet cuttie!

The Little North Fork has thousands of whole uprooted trees all over the place from the flood earlier in the year. Considering Detroit catches all the logs above the dam, the LNF probably contributes a pretty large share of the logs in the NF. Cool video.

From the Res. upstream to the confluence of the N. and S. Forks of Silver creek you can keep two per day. Above the confluence, it's C&R. Downstream of the state park, there is a tiny bit of BLM land at the property line, but everything else is private land and a long ways from the road as well...

Holy crap that is one insanely fat fish!