University of California - Santa Cruz. (2011, September 29). Fish uses tool to dig up and crush clams. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 26, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 09 ...

Fick handed me a “clam gun;” the tool of choice for beginners learning the ropes of clam digging. It was a hard plastic tube, with a covered top that has a handle built into it, plus there is ...

That’s “harvesting” razor clams, not “digging” razor clams. It showed folks in either the U.K. or on the U.S. East Coast — I can’t remember which — on a beach, gathering razor ...

Digging clams is not a sport for the faint of heart. It is back-breaking work, but so worth the effort. The tools needed are a license, of course, a clam rake, which looks a little like a ...

Clams must be at least 1½ inches long. Each person must have their own collection container, but you may share digging tools. Holes must be refilled when you’re finished. Shovels were most ...

That tool, for experts, is usually the thin-headed clam shovel. But digging for razor clams with a shovel takes a particular skill. Clams can dig, but, if you do it right, you kind of hold them in ...

“More people participate in razor clamming than any other fishery in the state. It brings out the largest crowds and the widest age group of people to dig,” said Bryce Blumenthal, a coastal ...