I've been on the coast for crabbing and beach combing. I caught 8
nice sized keepers, so I consider it a good trip. We stayed at the
Harbor View Inn and RV park again. The RV park is just a parking
lot with hookups and picnic tables, but it's just a short walk from
there to one of my favorite crabbing docks.
Crabbing mostly revolves around the annual molt. The mature males
molt late in the Summer and don't fill out for 2 or 3 months. Until
then the meat is soft and watery. The commercial season won't start
until later in the year when the crabs have filled out and are
consistently firm. Our commercial crab fleet is very efficient.
They will catch 90% of the season's total in 6 weeks. The
commercial season runs into summer and ends before the males start
molting again. After the first 6 weeks most of the boats switch
over to more lucrative fisheries.
So, for recreational crabbers, even though we can crab all year
round, the best time of year is from September when the males are
firming up, until the commercial season starts. About half of my
crabs were pretty well filled out and the other half was mostly
filled out. The softer crabs will be suitable for crab dip and soup
and such. The firmer crabs are great for eating right out of the
shell.
The Chinese have a classic soup that's basically a thin version of
creamed corn with just enough crab to balance the flavors. Yum
I have reservations for Christmas at Fort Stevens State Park. If
the weather is nice we will be able to dig for Razor clams, which
is another one of my favorite foods. If it's stormy we'll sit back
somewhere comfortable and watch the ocean. Maybe do a little beach
combing between weather fronts.
Technobarbarian wrote:
I've been on the coast for crabbing and beach combing. I caught 8
nice sized keepers, so I consider it a good trip. We stayed at the
Harbor View Inn and RV park again. The RV park is just a parking
lot with hookups and picnic tables, but it's just a short walk from
there to one of my favorite crabbing docks.
Crabbing mostly revolves around the annual molt. The mature males
molt late in the Summer and don't fill out for 2 or 3 months. Until
then the meat is soft and watery. The commercial season won't start
until later in the year when the crabs have filled out and are consistently firm. Our commercial crab fleet is very efficient.
They will catch 90% of the season's total in 6 weeks. The
commercial season runs into summer and ends before the males start
molting again. After the first 6 weeks most of the boats switch
over to more lucrative fisheries.
So, for recreational crabbers, even though we can crab all year
round, the best time of year is from September when the males are
firming up, until the commercial season starts. About half of my
crabs were pretty well filled out and the other half was mostly
filled out. The softer crabs will be suitable for crab dip and soup
and such. The firmer crabs are great for eating right out of the
shell.
The Chinese have a classic soup that's basically a thin version of
creamed corn with just enough crab to balance the flavors. Yum
I have reservations for Christmas at Fort Stevens State Park. IfDo you have to have signs there that say:
the weather is nice we will be able to dig for Razor clams, which
is another one of my favorite foods. If it's stormy we'll sit back somewhere comfortable and watch the ocean. Maybe do a little beach
combing between weather fronts.
WARNING
HERE BE SHARP THINGS
HEMOPHILIACS PROHIBITED
by
OPRD REGULATIONS
VIOLATORS WILL BE
COAGULATED AND PROSECUTED
--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 8:16:48 AM UTC-7,
Technobarbarian wrote:
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 4:29:31 AM UTC-7, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Ya' know, the signs on the dock say all sorts of things, and
Do you have to have signs there that say: WARNING
I've been on the coast for crabbing and beach combing. I
caught 8 nice sized keepers, so I consider it a good trip. We
stayed at the Harbor View Inn and RV park again. The RV park
is just a parking lot with hookups and picnic tables, but
it's just a short walk from there to one of my favorite
crabbing docks.
Crabbing mostly revolves around the annual molt. The mature
males molt late in the Summer and don't fill out for 2 or 3
months. Until then the meat is soft and watery. The
commercial season won't start until later in the year when
the crabs have filled out and are consistently firm. Our
commercial crab fleet is very efficient. They will catch 90%
of the season's total in 6 weeks. The commercial season runs
into summer and ends before the males start molting again.
After the first 6 weeks most of the boats switch over to more
lucrative fisheries.
So, for recreational crabbers, even though we can crab all
year round, the best time of year is from September when the
males are firming up, until the commercial season starts.
About half of my crabs were pretty well filled out and the
other half was mostly filled out. The softer crabs will be
suitable for crab dip and soup and such. The firmer crabs are
great for eating right out of the shell.
The Chinese have a classic soup that's basically a thin
version of creamed corn with just enough crab to balance the
flavors. Yum
I have reservations for Christmas at Fort Stevens State Park.
If the weather is nice we will be able to dig for Razor
clams, which is another one of my favorite foods. If it's
stormy we'll sit back somewhere comfortable and watch the
ocean. Maybe do a little beach combing between weather
fronts.
HERE BE SHARP THINGS
HEMOPHILIACS PROHIBITED by OPRD REGULATIONS
VIOLATORS WILL BE COAGULATED AND PROSECUTED
-- bill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
there are signs all over the coast, but I haven't seen any
warning signs for hemophiliacs. I don't think anyone wants to
prosecute people for a medical condition and I suspect that most
of the living hemophiliacs are smart enough to figure this
problem out for themselves. I haven't met anyone out crabbing who
said they were a hemophiliac. OTOH the odds are that some of the
folks who are out crabbing are using blood thinners. One of the
guys I met on the dock said he was 80 years old. On this trip I
only bled a very small amount.
TB
They aren't common, but I have seen people using crab tongs. I
generally don't ask strangers about their medical condition because
medical conditions are like assholes. Everyone has one. It is
possible that some folks were using crab tongs because of a medical condition.
https://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Claw-10160-006-Crab-Tongs/dp/B003ZZ8X7E/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=crab+tongs&qid=1697040731&sr=8-7
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 4:29:31 AM UTC-7, bfh wrote:the living hemophiliacs are smart enough to figure this problem out for themselves. I haven't met anyone out crabbing who said they were a hemophiliac. OTOH the odds are that some of the folks who are out crabbing are using blood thinners. One of the
Technobarbarian wrote:
I've been on the coast for crabbing and beach combing. I caught 8
nice sized keepers, so I consider it a good trip. We stayed at the Harbor View Inn and RV park again. The RV park is just a parking
lot with hookups and picnic tables, but it's just a short walk from there to one of my favorite crabbing docks.
Crabbing mostly revolves around the annual molt. The mature males
molt late in the Summer and don't fill out for 2 or 3 months. Until
then the meat is soft and watery. The commercial season won't start until later in the year when the crabs have filled out and are consistently firm. Our commercial crab fleet is very efficient.
They will catch 90% of the season's total in 6 weeks. The
commercial season runs into summer and ends before the males start molting again. After the first 6 weeks most of the boats switch
over to more lucrative fisheries.
So, for recreational crabbers, even though we can crab all year
round, the best time of year is from September when the males are firming up, until the commercial season starts. About half of my
crabs were pretty well filled out and the other half was mostly
filled out. The softer crabs will be suitable for crab dip and soup
and such. The firmer crabs are great for eating right out of the
shell.
The Chinese have a classic soup that's basically a thin version of creamed corn with just enough crab to balance the flavors. Yum
I have reservations for Christmas at Fort Stevens State Park. IfDo you have to have signs there that say:
the weather is nice we will be able to dig for Razor clams, which
is another one of my favorite foods. If it's stormy we'll sit back somewhere comfortable and watch the ocean. Maybe do a little beach combing between weather fronts.
WARNING
HERE BE SHARP THINGS
HEMOPHILIACS PROHIBITED
by
OPRD REGULATIONS
VIOLATORS WILL BE
COAGULATED AND PROSECUTED
--Ya' know, the signs on the dock say all sorts of things, and there are signs all over the coast, but I haven't seen any warning signs for hemophiliacs. I don't think anyone wants to prosecute people for a medical condition and I suspect that most of
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
TB
Technobarbarian wrote:
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 8:16:48 AM UTC-7,
Technobarbarian wrote:
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 4:29:31 AM UTC-7, bfh wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Ya' know, the signs on the dock say all sorts of things, and
Do you have to have signs there that say: WARNING
I've been on the coast for crabbing and beach combing. I
caught 8 nice sized keepers, so I consider it a good trip. We
stayed at the Harbor View Inn and RV park again. The RV park
is just a parking lot with hookups and picnic tables, but
it's just a short walk from there to one of my favorite
crabbing docks.
Crabbing mostly revolves around the annual molt. The mature
males molt late in the Summer and don't fill out for 2 or 3
months. Until then the meat is soft and watery. The
commercial season won't start until later in the year when
the crabs have filled out and are consistently firm. Our
commercial crab fleet is very efficient. They will catch 90%
of the season's total in 6 weeks. The commercial season runs
into summer and ends before the males start molting again.
After the first 6 weeks most of the boats switch over to more
lucrative fisheries.
So, for recreational crabbers, even though we can crab all
year round, the best time of year is from September when the
males are firming up, until the commercial season starts.
About half of my crabs were pretty well filled out and the
other half was mostly filled out. The softer crabs will be
suitable for crab dip and soup and such. The firmer crabs are
great for eating right out of the shell.
The Chinese have a classic soup that's basically a thin
version of creamed corn with just enough crab to balance the
flavors. Yum
I have reservations for Christmas at Fort Stevens State Park.
If the weather is nice we will be able to dig for Razor
clams, which is another one of my favorite foods. If it's
stormy we'll sit back somewhere comfortable and watch the
ocean. Maybe do a little beach combing between weather
fronts.
HERE BE SHARP THINGS
HEMOPHILIACS PROHIBITED by OPRD REGULATIONS
VIOLATORS WILL BE COAGULATED AND PROSECUTED
-- bill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
there are signs all over the coast, but I haven't seen any
warning signs for hemophiliacs. I don't think anyone wants to
prosecute people for a medical condition and I suspect that most
of the living hemophiliacs are smart enough to figure this
problem out for themselves. I haven't met anyone out crabbing who
said they were a hemophiliac. OTOH the odds are that some of the
folks who are out crabbing are using blood thinners. One of the
guys I met on the dock said he was 80 years old. On this trip I
only bled a very small amount.
TB
They aren't common, but I have seen people using crab tongs. I
generally don't ask strangers about their medical condition because medical conditions are like assholes. Everyone has one. It is
possible that some folks were using crab tongs because of a medical condition.
https://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Claw-10160-006-Crab-Tongs/dp/B003ZZ8X7E/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=crab+tongs&qid=1697040731&sr=8-7Probably should check with the OPRD or the CPSC to see if using crab
tongs off-label for razor clams is approved. Follow the science.
--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 9:46:06 AM UTC-7, bfh wrote:Probably should check with the OPRD or the CPSC to see if using crab
Technobarbarian wrote:
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 8:16:48 AM UTC-7,
Technobarbarian wrote:
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 4:29:31 AM UTC-7, bfh
wrote:
Technobarbarian wrote:Ya' know, the signs on the dock say all sorts of things, and
Do you have to have signs there that say: WARNING
I've been on the coast for crabbing and beach combing. I
caught 8 nice sized keepers, so I consider it a good
trip. We stayed at the Harbor View Inn and RV park again.
The RV park is just a parking lot with hookups and picnic
tables, but it's just a short walk from there to one of
my favorite crabbing docks.
Crabbing mostly revolves around the annual molt. The
mature males molt late in the Summer and don't fill out
for 2 or 3 months. Until then the meat is soft and
watery. The commercial season won't start until later in
the year when the crabs have filled out and are
consistently firm. Our commercial crab fleet is very
efficient. They will catch 90% of the season's total in 6
weeks. The commercial season runs into summer and ends
before the males start molting again. After the first 6
weeks most of the boats switch over to more lucrative
fisheries.
So, for recreational crabbers, even though we can crab
all year round, the best time of year is from September
when the males are firming up, until the commercial
season starts. About half of my crabs were pretty well
filled out and the other half was mostly filled out. The
softer crabs will be suitable for crab dip and soup and
such. The firmer crabs are great for eating right out of
the shell.
The Chinese have a classic soup that's basically a thin
version of creamed corn with just enough crab to balance
the flavors. Yum
I have reservations for Christmas at Fort Stevens State
Park. If the weather is nice we will be able to dig for
Razor clams, which is another one of my favorite foods.
If it's stormy we'll sit back somewhere comfortable and
watch the ocean. Maybe do a little beach combing between
weather fronts.
HERE BE SHARP THINGS
HEMOPHILIACS PROHIBITED by OPRD REGULATIONS
VIOLATORS WILL BE COAGULATED AND PROSECUTED
-- bill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
there are signs all over the coast, but I haven't seen any
warning signs for hemophiliacs. I don't think anyone wants
to prosecute people for a medical condition and I suspect
that most of the living hemophiliacs are smart enough to
figure this problem out for themselves. I haven't met anyone
out crabbing who said they were a hemophiliac. OTOH the odds
are that some of the folks who are out crabbing are using
blood thinners. One of the guys I met on the dock said he was
80 years old. On this trip I only bled a very small amount.
TB
They aren't common, but I have seen people using crab tongs. I
generally don't ask strangers about their medical condition
because medical conditions are like assholes. Everyone has one.
It is possible that some folks were using crab tongs because of
a medical condition.
https://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Claw-10160-006-Crab-Tongs/dp/B003ZZ8X7E/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=crab+tongs&qid=1697040731&sr=8-7
tongs off-label for razor clams is approved. Follow the science.
-- bill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
Oh, you can use just about anything you want for either creature.
And science does rule--sort of. For crabs just about anything is
legal. In some places people use rakes to catch crabs. Some people
like catching them with their bare hands. Scuba diving for crabs is
perfectly legal. There are some limits on traps. Both the number of
traps you can use and their design, but there aren't restrictions
many for recreational crabbers. All of this is allowed because
recreational crabbing only accounts for a small percentage of the
harvest. There are just tons of crabs out there.
OTOH for razor clams science does rule. You could try to use tongs
if you wanted to, but it just wouldn't be effective. If you really
want to rock digging for razor clams you need a clam gun.
https://www.amazon.com/Murffs-Claminator-Stainless-Steel-Valve/dp/B07QY1HBKS/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=clam%2Bgun&qid=1697049775&sr=8-3&th=1
From the background I know exactly where the guy in their picture
is standing. The old tillamook lighthouse is in the
background--Terrible Tilly. Last I heard it was up for sale again
with no takers. He's standing on the best beach for razor clams in
Oregon. To his right is the entire city of Seaside. I hope to be on
that beach for Christmas, if not sooner.
I'm cheap. This is what I use.
https://fishermans-marine.com/products/willapa-marine-kids-clam-gun
The thumb hole on top of my clam gun is scientifically important.
I leave it open when I'm pushing my gun into the sand where I think
I have found a clam and close that hole when I pulling the sand out
of the hole I just made. Razor clams are fast. It might take more
than one try to catch it. People used to use special shovels for
this, but the guns are much more effective. My sister and her
husband have some of the very nice stainless steel clam guns. They
also have all the neoprene gear for going in the water after the
clams. That is too hard core for me. For other clams it isn't
necessary to be all that scientific. The other clams here don't
move around that fast, if at all.
TB
A GUN?! Gasp! Do you need a background check to buy one? Well, at
least it's not scary black.
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 1:05:14 PM UTC-7, bfh wrote:
A GUN?! Gasp! Do you need a background check to buy one? Well,
at least it's not scary black.
We even let children use them. People being people, someone must
have used one of those stainless steel suckers for a weapon on the
beach at sometime, but that doesn't seem to be common. I don't
think my plastic gun would be an effective defense against an angry
seagull. "If we outlaw clam guns, only outlaws will have clam
guns"?
Technobarbarian wrote:
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 1:05:14 PM UTC-7, bfh wrote:
A GUN?! Gasp! Do you need a background check to buy one? Well,
at least it's not scary black.
We even let children use them. People being people, someone mustHey. You didn't hear me say I wanted to outlaw clam guns. I was just
have used one of those stainless steel suckers for a weapon on the
beach at sometime, but that doesn't seem to be common. I don't
think my plastic gun would be an effective defense against an angry seagull. "If we outlaw clam guns, only outlaws will have clam
guns"?
sorta implying that if any of your dumbasses out there even heard
"clam gun", they'd probably run to their safe spaces. If I were to
literally take a position on outlawing clam guns, I'd say - in the
interest of equity - let the clams arm themselves with something other
than just sharp edges. I'll even bet that there are a few brave clams
out there that would wear a suicide vest to utterly destroy the next
clam gun that enveloped it. I allege that would sure make clam gunners
think twice before viciously plunging their evil weapon of abduction
into the sand. I mean, look, if you've got a name like "razor clam",
you gotta (start uptalk) have some balls, you know.(end uptalk)
--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
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