Clams

[Chinacat]

 

[Chinacat]

That’s a lot of work

Not too bad no more so than any other style of baked clams
I open the clams, cut 'em up, and clean/prep the shells
My wife does a bunch of the other prep and we build 'em together

 

[Chinacat]

Awesome batch of white clam sauce with home made bread sticks
Group effort between me, my wife, and my son?

 

[Chinacat]

So tonite it was clams casino and a big pot of the smallest little necks steamed in white wine garlic shallot onions diced tomatoes and then before serving herbed mixed butter dumped on

 

[Chinacat]

Well its that time of year again
dug a half bushel yesterday

 

[captmike28]

Damn, Mitch That is "Clam Porn" to a bivalve lover like myself!!!
Well done and I am sure they quickly disappeared!

 

[Chinacat]

Changed it up and dug some piss clams yesterday

 

[Chinacat]

Not sure what we are doing with these yet ?

Went to my “boat spot” today and dug up a half bushel in just over an hour. Got a good mix of necks, cherries, and some chiwders

smaller ones on ice in the bucket ?

 

[BoatGuy]

Do you have a commercial license? I thought it was illegal to harvest clams until Nov 1st?

 

[Chinacat]

Do you have a commercial license? I thought it was illegal to harvest clams until Nov 1st?

We have our Town Of Southampton Resident Shellfish license’s. It allows each license holder up to a half bushel and 1 “guest” who can contribute to that half bushel
Some spots are designated as “seasonally open” I think but not restricted where I go

My days of commercial clamming are long over
Did that in my younger days in the 70’s and 80’s

 

[BoatGuy]

Ahhh....Southampton vs Town of Brookhaven. Thanks!!

 

[Chinacat]

Lots of areas in Moriches Bay are still closed right now I think on an emergency basis due to elevated marine biotoxin levels from high algae blooms but normally there are no restrictions I know of in that area that restrict clamming until november 1st

 

[Snapprhead27]

Lots of areas in Moriches Bay are still closed right now I think on an emergency basis due to elevated marine biotoxin levels from high algae blooms but normally there are no restrictions I know of in that area that restrict clamming until november 1st

Not to go off topic. But did that inlet close west of Smith Point Bridge? That helped clean the bay out a lot.

 

[Roccus7]

My days of commercial clamming are long over
Did that in my younger days in the 70’s and 80’s

Hey, I resemble that remark!!

Digging ditches in Moriches for my riches...

Which I morphed into:

Digging ditches in Moriches to buy drinks & pick up b**ches...

 

[dsedy]

Picked up a dozen for the local fish market. Redish brown shades on the shells. Never really saw them this color before. Common? Uncommon? The fishmonger said they came from the south shore and maybe something to do with the sand they were in.

Anyways going to steam them and hopefully they all open.

 

[cany]

Picked up a dozen for the local fish market. Redish brown shades on the shells. Never really saw them this color before. Common? Uncommon? The fishmonger said they came from the south shore and maybe something to do with the sand they were in.

Anyways going to steam them and hopefully they all open.

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From the sand off Bergan point waste water treatment plant

 

[dsedy]

From the sand off Bergan point waste water treatment plant

that doesn't sound good

 

[cany]

that doesn't sound good

Im sure their fine besides the tinted shells

 

[cany]

 

[Crabman]

They are perfectly fine. A lot of aquacultured clams have brown striations. If you saw a brown ring on the inside of the clam, that's bad and caused by bacteria.