Gorgeous day in the Pacific NW.. going out to dig clams and catch crab tomorrow...

[opiate69]

Anniversary on Monday.. it's going to be a good weekend (despite being fairly well broke)
This is my youngest on the dig last month..

[love_katz]

1. Very beautiful pic.

Loving our gorgeous Spring weather.

Good luck with the crabbing and clamming. Yum, crab!

[opiate69]

2. Thanks! Hope you're able to make the most of the beautiful weather!

[Suich]

3. Razor clams are so-o-o-o much fun to dig!

Hope you all have a great time! Me? I'm harvesting this year's dandelion crop!

[opiate69]

16. Thanks.. hard-ass work though too lol..

Luckily, we can usually limit out in about 20 minutes.. then, it`s off to the dock to toss in the crab rings and smoke cigars & drink scotch while they soak lol. Might run through the state park and see if any spring mushrooms are showing too.. my buddy`s been a forager for about 40 years.. He swears by dandelions.. I`m gonna have to have him prepare me some sometime.

[Suich]

17. Which state park? n/t

[opiate69]

18. Twin Harbors..

He`s been getting mushrooms out of there for years. Probably a little too early yet, but since we didn`t get too harsh of a winter we may get lucky.

[Suich]

19. Were you clamming at Long Beach, by any chance?

When I was a kid growing up in Portland in the 50's, we went there a couple of times. Fun!

[opiate69]

21. Nope.. lemme think.. I think the picture of my boy was up at Moclips..

And we usually also go down to Cranberry beach in Grayland. For crabs we go down to the dock in Tokeland. I haven`t been to Long Beach yet, but so want to. My wife`s aunt has a beach house somewhere out there that allegedly is available to us.. just haven`t taken her up on it yet

[blueamy66]

44. Sounds like our camping trip to Bodega Bay last week.

We dug for clams, threw out the crab rings, had a bonfire every night, drank like fish, took loooonnnggg walks with the doggies, laughed our butts off and ate like royalty.....oysters and sourdough almost every day as an afternoon "snack".

Have a good time!

[opiate69]

45. Sounds like a perfect weekend! How`d you make out on the crabbing?

We got skunked, but there had been a lot of pressure at our spot that weekend.

[blueamy66]

46. We were there for 6 nights.

Got a few crabs. Threw a lot back cause we had the wrong info about what size we could keep. A guy in a boat told us the correct info the day before we left. My friend's 10 yr old daughter still had a blast though! And, the people camping next to us gave us about 7 crabs...we had them over for dinner and had a feast. My friend is a most awesome cook.

I have fallen in love with No Cal.

And my friends are camping up in Oregon for the 4th. Cannot wait to go!

[opiate69]

47. Oh, man.. you're gonna have a blast in Oregon!

Kinda sucky about the crab snafu, but at least now you know for next time, and you did still get to keep a few.. better than we did lol.

[blueamy66]

48. My only complaint.....

There just aren't any single guys camping!

It seems to be all couples - and then there is me, the third wheel.

[opiate69]

49. Hehe.. surely, we can find a single DU'er in Oregon for ya!

[blueamy66]

50. need a liberal dude

My friend invited a co-worker up to camp with us for a few nights. Turns out he is a die hard Republican and we really didn't see eye to eye on anything. Heck, we don't even like the same golfers.

But, he was fun to go on walks with...as long as we didn't speak of anything too deep.

But now I know that I can only hang with someone who doesn't give a rat's ass about politics or is a Dem.

I wish I knew the name of the campground in Oregon....

[opiate69]

51. Cannon Beach maybe?

http://www.cannonbeach.org/

[blueamy66]

52. Charleston OR I believe

??

[opiate69]

53. Hmm. doesn`t ring a bell, but really,

The entire coast is fucking epic so I know you`re going to have an absolute blast... if it`s anywhere near the sea lion caves, you should definitely try to go check them out too.

[blueamy66]

54. My friend is in love with OR.

I'll check into the caves.

Don't know where I'll be in July, but hope to go with her.

[DFW]

4. Enjoy it and be aware of your good fortune

It was still snowing here today in the German Rheinland.

[opiate69]

12. yikes!! Way too late in the year for snow.

Keep warm

[DFW]

35. We're trying

Siberia on the Rhein, here.

[Ron Obvious]

5. Spring in the PNW

Isn't it amazing how nice and friendly everybody here (Seattle in my case) is on a day like this? Just ordinary day-to-day encounters in the grocery store, the bank, etc. People seem more courteous and nicer.

I'm probably just projecting my good mood at other people, but still.

[opiate69]

13. oh no... it`s totally noticable..

One of the many plusses to living out here

[easychoice]

6. in the drink,ready to go!

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[Suich]

7. Need an extra deck hand???

[easychoice]

8. I'll keep you in mind!

I am kinda bossy though,Arrrr!!!
Do you know a painter from a lubber line?

[Suich]

9. I'll have to get back to you on that!

ALL skippers are bossy!

[easychoice]

10. Ok,I'll make it easy for you...

can you rock and roll and walk without getting seasick?
We don't need to be chumming the fish ya know.

[opiate69]

14. Nice!! Need any new friends?? lol

[easychoice]

24. Yeah,it's a toy! I am excited to have it in so soon!

We have had such an easy winter and it looks like spring will be as easy as winter was.Yeah!
I am ready to fly!

[opiate69]

26. you salmon fish with it?

[easychoice]

32. Salmon? Sure,Halibut too.

I even caught a Shark up at Neah Bay one year.He scared the bejeeberz out of me.If he would have jumped in I would have jumped out.He was some kind of swimming sack of teeth.I was real happy to lose my line and tackle on that deal.

[opiate69]

34. Yikes! Yeah.. I can see being ok with losing a little gear over that lol

[In_The_Wind]

37. Nice boat, Captain!

[easychoice]

38. Thank You

[Arctic Dave]

11. Razor clams.

White sauce w/ clams on linguine.


Yummmm.

[opiate69]

15. For sure! Of course..

These puppies are also excellent battered and fried, or tossed into a chowda...

[EvilAL]

20. Our razor clams look like this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_jackknife_clam

They are pains in the ass to dig as well..
I'd like to try one of those pacific ones...

[opiate69]

22. How are those, taste-wise? Looks like they've got a good amount of meat like ours..

If you ever find yourself on this side of the country, look me up and I'll cook you up some of ours!

[EvilAL]

23. They are pretty good

not as good as the clams we usually dig, I'll have to look that up.
Thanks for the offer, but you don't have to cook me some of yours, we'll go dig up a feed and cook 'em right there.

[opiate69]

25. haha! deal!

[EvilAL]

27. Steamer clam

I've never heard anyone around here call it that, but yeah.. tasty!!

[opiate69]

28. Ohh... I love steamers!

I grew up in Connecticut.. I think we called them either just "steamers" or little necks.. they call 'em butter clams out this way.. either way, I just call 'em damned tasty!

[EvilAL]

29. I've eaten them

from different places and stuff, but the Bay of Chaleur clams are the best. Quahogs and razor clams were good too, harder to get though. We used to dig on Heron Island where there weren't as many, but they were big ,usually you buy them or dig them and they are white, but when they are big and old, they are mostly blue. Those are the ones we go for.

[EvilAL]

30. fuck, now i want some,

maybe in another couple of weeks the ice will be gone and we can go get some..

[opiate69]

31. Mmm.. quahogs... I left Connecticut 23 years ago.. and it wasn't until just recently

that I've been able to find "stuffies" out here.. one of the things I missed most about the NorthEast.

[EvilAL]

33. That looks good,

shitty thing is, the best I can do right now is a High Liner. heheheh

[In_The_Wind]

36. On the Jersey Shore those are called piss_clams.

They are so good by the bucket full dipped in melted butter..

[opiate69]

39. Update...

We got to the beach at about 9 Sunday morning, and had our limits on clams by 9:30. Went out to the dock at about 10:30 pm to catch the incoming tide for crabs, and sat there till about 4am and got skunked.. probably caught a hundred crabs, but no keepers.. oh well.. was still a great weekend.

[Honeycombe8]

40. Nice pic! nt

[opiate69]

41. Thanks! I`m so happy he loves doing that kind of stuff with us...

He really is a kick, that boy

[Honeycombe8]

42. And he's cute, too! nt

[opiate69]

43. Aw.. thanks! (must be his moms genes lol)