Our grandchildren were born on Prince Edward Island and they enjoy island life. However one part of that life they didn’t experience until recently was clam digging. The girls and I went clamming at the beach house and had a lot of fun.
Many people wait until low tide as we did.
Then you find holes in the sand which indicate the presence of clams below. You dig quickly into the area and if you’re fast and accurate, you find a clam. We found soft shell and razor clams this way.
A bit further out in the sea grass, we found quahogs,
larger, hard shelled clams. These can be eaten raw but if cooked are tough so people grind them up to include in chowder. A occasional scallop was in the same area.
The site has oysters on the sand as well but since the area is leased to fishermen, you cannot gather them.
There are regulations with regard to numbers and size of clams you can keep. We placed all of them back in the sea however.
One day soon, we will dig clams and keep the regulation size ones for a meal on the beach.
Note: Some people use a plunger in shallow water to raise the clams from just below the sea floor. We haven’t attempted this method.
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