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Old 12-23-2011, 05:50 PM   #1
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Non-fishing report, sort of...

...unless you call clamming with a pitchfork, fishing.
I've been itching to try some of these extreme minus low tides in the winter, and see how I'd do. Only the 2nd time ever clamming, the 1st was about 35 years ago off of Huntington beach, where I only got a few shorts. Much better results this time, limits in about an hour and a half, after developing a technique. All easily over the 4.5" minimum requirement, the 2 dinks, 5" each, the other 8 were just about 6" each, +/-.
Now, if anybody knows a good technique for cleaning and preparing them, I'm all ears, and would appreciate it.
One other clammer on the beach, an Aussie I believe, mentioned baking them (on the half shell) with all kinds of goodies inside, leaning towards a Mexican zest.

Here's the bathtub shot with a 12" ruler for gage:

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Old 12-23-2011, 06:50 PM   #2
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nice! are those referd to as pismo clams
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Old 12-23-2011, 07:26 PM   #3
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nice! are those referd to as pismo clams
Yep, Pismos.
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Old 12-23-2011, 07:34 PM   #4
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A friend in my old neighbor hood used to soak them in cornmeal overnight. He said that the clams would expel the sand and take in the cornmeal. Maybe he would change the cornmeal a couple times. I can't remember exactly.
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Old 12-23-2011, 07:56 PM   #5
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1. Flat tip screw driver , a few light taps of hammer to open it up just a little.
2. Insert a sharp fillet knife to cut off ligament.
3. Slice off all meat in a big bowl.
4. Pour some drinking water in the bowl
5. Wash and scoop out the meat, wait a few seconds and sand will settle to bottom.
6. Pour out and save the good juice, discard the dirty part.
7. Repeat step 4 to step 6 if you it really clean.

8. Cook and enjoy !
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Old 12-23-2011, 10:48 PM   #6
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Old 12-24-2011, 05:22 AM   #7
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Nice!

where did you do this?
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Old 12-24-2011, 10:18 AM   #8
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Old 12-24-2011, 10:24 AM   #9
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Since "honey holes" aren't usually disclosed, i.e. I wouldn't expect "The Kid" to give out his awesome Sheephead location, or a bugger to give out his hot lobster spot, I'll just give you a big hint. I crossed the Coronado bridge, nuf said.
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Old 12-24-2011, 10:11 PM   #10
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Wow.....great.....you gotta put them in a bucket of water for 24hrs so they can purge themselves of sand....then just cook 'em up...doesn't matter how...you can't mess up such delicious sea fare.
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Old 12-25-2011, 06:45 PM   #11
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Thanks, everyone, for the advice and links.
After research was done, my clams didn't want to open up in fresh water as suggested by some, and because of that didn't filter the cornmeal. Next time, I'll heed some other advice and take back a bucket of saltwater where I caught them from.
They were still fairly easy to clean, especially once I cut the abductor muscles.
Not to brag, but using a combination of chowder recipes, I made the best chowder I've ever had, including some pretty good chowders up in Monterey.
I also cooked up some fried clams too, that were very good, just not as good as I remember back in the 70's at the Redondo Wharf, at the fish market where I got them from. They called them Eastern Fried Clams, and came with cocktail sauce, they were AWESOME (better than cleaning up after an alpaca).
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Since "honey holes" aren't usually disclosed, i.e. I wouldn't expect "The Kid" to give out his awesome Sheephead location, or a bugger to give out his hot lobster spot, I'll just give you a big hint. I crossed the Coronado bridge, nuf said.
....and if he lived in Coronado that leaves it as..."somewhere in CA." LMAO....

nice Clams!
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