Friday, March 7, 2014
Kind of like spring
Is winter slowly losing it's death grip? To half of the country the answer is NO. It was supposed to be a nice day today but cloud cover kept the strong sun from heating the earth up. The good news is a lot of the ice in the tidal zones is breaking up and it gave me and a buddy a chance to get on the clam. We dropped his 14ft aluminum boat in with a hoist and got going. It was a cold ride over, but we made it. We rocked the neoprene waders today as there is still ice along the shore and the water is very cold. We got our fill of clams with little effort and i was happy to see they did not get killed off from the cold. The oysters were another story. Many of the oysters exposed at low tide did not make it, and it looks to be a lean oyster year unless you find them in water a few feet deep. Even though the weather still sucks it was nice to get a load of winter clams.
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Don't let it fool you. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI think it is fooling me
DeleteI bet winter clams taste much better because you have to work so much harder for them.
ReplyDeleteWinter clams have a great taste. I believe it is because they are a little in active due to the cold weather and their bellies are not full of food. Just clean clam meat. You do have to work a little harder for them sometimes in the cold. They do dig down a few inches deeper to stay in more stable cold rather than really cold.
DeleteNice going on getting some fresh clams, so tasty.
ReplyDeleteBrk Trt I was having a case of cabin fever and needed to hit the water. Winter on LIS is awesome, but it would be nice not to have to wear layers of clothing.
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