Maine side. Any and all tips greatly appreciated! We’re heading up next Thursday.
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As @DukeTrout says, East Coast and West Coast methods, and the clams themselves, may be different.
Rakes or forks also seem popular.
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We use rakes for cockles and shovels (then hands) for gaper and butter clams.
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Thanks for all the tips on clamming. I found this local article, and between tips here and this, I’m feeling a little more confident.
It looks like hard work, but it would be so fun to enjoy a nice dinner of steamers at the campsite.
More OT, I might also take my first stab at salt water fishing, since we’ll be right on the bay…so much to do, so little time.
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Oh, good. You found something. The advice I was able to dig up was grab a shovel and look for water spouting out of the sand.
Good luck!
Also, salt water fishing is fun, but everything is stronger in the ocean. You’ll want to make sure you’ve got a rod/reel/line that can handle it. You also need to clean it thoroughly afterwards or the salt will destroy the reel.
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just took a look at what types of fish you might encounter in BoF.
monkfish! awesome! I would imagine a good baited bottom rig, like a knocker rig with a 1 - 2oz egg sinker attached to a 2ft leader with a 2/0 circle hook about 12in above the weight squid, shrimp, baitfish on the hook. just drop off the side of the boat, let it sink to the bottom, then give it a couple cranks off bottom and hang out!
one of my favorite sushi experiences was at a tiny place in West Seattle where Hajimai served me a very special piece of monkfish liver. devine! depending on water quality where you catch, I highly recommend trying the liver!
eta: definitely wash your gear in fresh water after. salt buggers everything!
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ba dum, tss 
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Cool! There’s some good looking fishing out there. The sharks could be fun, too. It’s good to know what’s available there. That area would be a possible relocation spot for us and knowing the ocean fishing is solid helps a lot.
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You can’t catch these ones, but you can watch 'em 
Aug. 26 – Labor Day, Sept. 6, 2021
Live Fish Cam from the State Fair
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Each year the pond is stocked with about 40 different fish species that call Minnesota home. Visit the DNR Fish cam page: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/statefair/… There is no audio or night lighting available with this camera.
Can you identify all the fish?
Here are some resources to help you out: Fish of Minnesota, Minnaqua fish images.
Stocking the fish pond video
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Can’t catch this one either, but neato!
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this kind?
btw, that was my fishing trip brew-of-choice when I lived in the PNW. brings back some memories.
to more accurately answer your question…
no.
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BTW, I caught the Pacific coast equivalent of a sea trout this morning while in SoCal:
Which is a new species for me!
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nice one!
really, that’s a good fish right there! whatcha catch 'im on?
eta: that’s a steelhead, right?
wow!
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Flies! I caught all the fish this morning on a small Clouser Minnow. 6 spotted bay bass, one tiny calico bass, and the pictured corvina. The tide was a small outgoing tide, and as soon as the current slowed, it was over. C’est la vie.
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Update, just in case anyone had tried to view that MN State Fair fishpond live cam in the last few days and gotten a “video unavailable” message. For some reason it wasn’t working for a few days. That YouTube link that I had posted before is no longer usable.
Here’s a NEW YouTube link that is working now:
And the video embed on the Minnesota DNR’s State Fair fishcam info page is also working now.
I just love watching it. Even at night—there’s a lot more activity in the fish pond at night than I would have thought.
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Several of those fish species are effectively nocturnal- catfish, walleye, burbot and bullheads to be sure.
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Ohmygosh, thank you, I love this so much! I have a 2-monitor set up and I put this up on my second monitor as a little soothing treat. It is SOOO nice 
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Ha! Totally unrelated to the original thread, but I went on a whale watch tour last week and we saw tons (literally) of finback whales. Had me thinking of Ahab and his ilk. It was awesome to behold.
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