<p>I’m planning a trip to New England and Eastern Canada in the summer. I thought it would be fun to go clam digging somewhere. Any suggestion? Thanks for any info.</p>
<p>Try near or even in the ocean.</p>
<p>Seriously, look at the Cape Cod National Seashore near Boston. Of course in a sense everything in New England is near Boston and everything else in New England. Don’t forget old. Everything in New England is old. Except for the girls in Connecticut. They are hot.</p>
<p>Sorry. My youthful memories are having a dialog with my somewhat aged current self. LOL</p>
<p>Any where in Maine?</p>
<p>Rileys in Revere.</p>
<p>I seem to recall Maine beaches as being rocky.</p>
<p>Any natives with current experience?</p>
<p>Be sure to eat lobster while in Maine. Eaten locally it is way better than after it has travelled about the country.</p>
<p>Boston baked scrod is good. I have never resolved the issue of what exactly is the food referred to as “scrod”.
I have heard at various times;
Baby Cod.
An actual species of fish referred to colloquially as scrod.
The last white fish caught before the fishing boat heads home. Thus the freshest cod, halibut, haddock, etc. available. </p>
<p>I have witnessed two arguments and one actual fight among locals regarding the identity of “scrod”.</p>
<p>Is the “no name” restaurant still on the commercial docks in Boston? Or has it passed into history as has so much of my cherished youth?</p>
<p>Check local laws, some locales might require permits.</p>
<p>In eastern Canada, the TransCan hugs the coast of New Brunswick on the Gulf of Maine and into the Bay of Fundy, home of incredible tides. Clams abound. One of the first stops in the province should be one of their excellent visitor info centers. They have info aplenty, and they tend to be staffed by local folks with specific local knowledge. </p>
<p>If you circle Nova Scotia, again, the most picturesque eastern route is close to the Atlantic shore, the western side to the Bay of Fundy. If you make it to Cape Breton, and do the scenic highway, make the sidetrip to Neil’s Harbor. We had freshly landed swordfish cut into steaks right off the dressed fish on ice. Ate it for breakfast, lunch and supper at the ridiculous cost of Cdn$1.50 lb.</p>
<p>PEI is also a paradise. Ate more razor clams and quohogs than I care to remember.<br>
You can save the hassle if you don’t feel like digging and getting muddy, as the routes abound with numerous dockside fish markets. You just find out when the boats come in. Could not be fresher.</p>
<p>I don’t mind permits, but I just want to know where to book hotel so I get lots of clams. I don’t remember where in PEI that I dug but that was a long time ago.
And it’s not for food, it’s digging that is fun for my kids. For example, when we went crabbing in Oregon, we ended up threw all of them back but my kids loved it.</p>
<p>We dug huge buckets of them off the coast of cape cod near Chatham. Put them all back as we did not have a permit but the pictures and the memories are what matter.</p>
<p>I’m not sure I’ll have time for Cape Cod. I will spend about 5 days in MA and we have 3 schools to visit in 3 states.</p>
<p>Hints:
Clams got eyes
Clams got legs.
Some clams are smarter than others. And some are smarter than You.
Never hunt clams at high tide. You make too much noise. Clam got ears.</p>
<p>I see people digging for clams at low tide in Red Brook Harbor at Cape Cod. (It’s the town of Cataumet off Buzzards Bay.) You do need a permit.</p>
<p>When I was in college (eons ago) I went to Goddard State Park in Rhode Island. Plenty of clams for digging. I don’t remember if we needed permit (anyway, things are bound to be different now).</p>
<p>thanks marite, Rhode Island is doable. We will be spending one or two days there.</p>
<p>longprime, no clam fart?</p>
<p>That is how you locate a prospective clam…look for the fart holes.
You confirm the hole by sticking your longest finger into the hole. If you are lucky then you goose the clam, if you are unlucky you get a sand shrimp or sand worm hole. Neither the shrimp or worm bite. A goosed clam will reflexively go flaccid and withdraw into its shell. </p>
<p>[Clam</a> neck](<a href=“http://wdfw.wa.gov/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=8023]Clam”>http://wdfw.wa.gov/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=8023)
Really. HTG</p>
<p>We clam in RI every summer. Permit is required and the cost is $100, I believe, but if you’re doing “catch and release” you should be okay. Just watch out for the Harbor Master. Any of the salt ponds are good for clamming. We go to Ninigret Pond (Charlestown area) or Great Salt Pond</p>
<p>A $100. That is crazy. Do they want to drive tourist away?</p>
<p>I just checked the RI Dept of Environmental Management’s web site. There’s a 14 day non-resident permit available for $11.00.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bpoladm/manserv/hfb/boating/pdfs/nr14day.pdf[/url]”>http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bpoladm/manserv/hfb/boating/pdfs/nr14day.pdf</a></p>
<p>Non-resident annual is now $200!</p>
<p>My previous post may have offended some. Kinda offended me, but clams are kinda gross. </p>
<p>PNW grows the big clams. </p>
<p>The geoducks and gappers are typically 2-3ft in the rocks and sand. The clams gotta eat and the neck of the clam does extend and contract its siphons. To capture a 2 pounders, takes a lot of work and energy so one needs to be sure that you absolutely know that you have found a clam hole. </p>
<p>[Fish</a> Division: MRP: Shellfish Project - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife](<a href=“http://www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/shellfish/bayclams/gaper.asp]Fish”>http://www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/shellfish/bayclams/gaper.asp)
[Fish</a> Division: MRP: Shellfish Regulations - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife](<a href=“http://www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/shellfish/regulations.asp]Fish”>http://www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/shellfish/regulations.asp)
<a href=“http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/fishing/docs/fishing%20application.pdf[/url]”>http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/fishing/docs/fishing%20application.pdf</a></p>
<p>I have found that the best way to catch the critters is to get a bunch of friends and family and stampeed the critters into a corral. Once corralled the digging effort is rewarded. Warning, the critters do not like being taken and will “squirt” and will literally wedge itself tighter in the sand. 
:D</p>
<p>chintzy, thanks for the link. $11 sounds much more reasonable.
LongPrime, I hope I never see those big goeducks when I go claming. I know it will freak me out. The ones that I’ve dug from PEI(eons ago) was the size of the palm from “head to toe”.</p>
<p>Try the link below for the no name seafood restaurant. </p>
<p>[Noam’s</a> Restaurant List - No Name (Boston)](<a href=“http://www.noam.com/restaurants/view.php?id=8]Noam’s”>http://www.noam.com/restaurants/view.php?id=8)</p>
<p>And no I do not get any kickback or commission. I live in Georgia. My family remembers it as a great place to eat seafood during vacations/college visits.</p>