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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Clammers will often use their feet to feel around for clams (called “treading”); others use a clamming rake or “scratch rake.” While raking the floor of the body of water, listen for the ...

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 ...