Each is easy to learn but takes time to master. (Note that the use of clam rakes may be prohibited in some areas for fear they might damage sensitive sea grass beds.) Treading Just shuffle across ...

Still, the beauty that is a North Fork salt marsh eventually revived me, and I grabbed my clam rake, its angles and tines sharper and angrier-looking than anything I’d ever let loose on a pile ...

Basically clamming is the harvesting of clams for mud ... Once you have your license you can decide whether to tread, rake (imagine a rake designed by Freddy Kreuger with a chicken wire basket ...

You can go clamming yourself all along Massachusetts’ extensive coastline. You’ll need a large rake, a bucket, sensible shoes (for wading through the mud), and a clam gauge to measure the size ...

We're out here on beautiful Vancouver Island, just north of Nanaimo, at a place called Nanoose Bay. It's low tide on the ocean floor and we've got a small rake and we're out clamming and finding ...

To clam properly, you have to relinquish your thoughts and expectations. You have to become one with the rake. The routine is the same: We set the children up on the little beach, where they make ...

You don’t need a long-handled rake or boat to reach them. Just head out around the shore at low tide and you should be able to dig for clams. A special clam rake with a basket on the end is a ...