just got back from a trip to the atlantic
anyone on /ck/ harvest mollusks?
When I used to live in New England every trip to the beach inevitably ended up being a clamming session.
>>7585176
I've gone out for clams and mussels. But living right on the Atlantic means I can just buy them for pretty fucking cheap, so that's usually what I do. Love them.
>>7585201
yah i bet i probably would never eat anything else if i lived there
clams are in the canner now.. holy fuck that took a long time
decided to keep the clam juice too for CEASARS
>>7585176
You have nice glass, but lack the knowledge to use it.
>>7585941
the camera is old, dodgy and beat up.. doesn't like me messing with the settings too much.. so i just let it be for the most part so i don't have to monkey with it all day
>>7585176
not this year, there's a restriction on bivalves for domoic acid contamination
>no crabbing either
>Dangerous levels of domoic acid have been detected in mussel and razor clam samples and may be present in the other species that have not yet been tested. This toxin, also known as Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP), can cause illness or death in humans
>>7585988
that sucks
where?
>>7586005
West Coast, Humboldt and Del Norte counties in CA
>read: real NorCal
All our commercial dungie crab fishermen missed out on an entire season, most went to Oregon or down to SF this year
>ruined my self sustainability too
I am going to have to butcher more ducks to make up for it, it was a large haul of cheap protein
>tons of crabs, mussels, scallops, and clams In Humboldt Bay
>no limit on rock crab take or size
>bivalve daily limit is 50 total, only 25 allowed to be gapers
>rest of the state is no more than 10 of any species
>comb the sands for cockles, washingtonians, and sanic gapers (gotta dig fast)
>would do this every other week for crab patties or clam chowder depending on haul for last two years
>every now and then go after razor clams, but too much hassle
>only closed season is small break in summer for dungies
seriously didn't even get a license this year, no reason to
>>7585941
Fuck off back to /p/ looking at people's exif data.
>>7586149
4chan strips exif data you crazy
>>7586081
your life sounds much better than mine. I wish I did stuff and knew about things
>>7586081
do you hunt or raise ducks?
i was born out west so i'm not biased but east coast shell fish are where it's at.. i want to move there i'm just figuring out to make it feasible
>bivalve limit 100
>razor clams are super easy to grab with a bit of salt
>licenses are impossible to get unless you're 80 and got your first one 60 years ago
>>7586180
The internet and knowing people that already do stuff like this helps a lot.
>i sorta fell ass backwards into clamming and crabbing tho
>bought a fishing license
>couldn't catch shit
>got tired of it, looked for thing in my area with highest or no daily limit
>rock crabs and clams it is
Also the farm+garden section of craigslist is a good place to find stuff and people too.
>plus I went to college to do farm shit
>I don't really know why
>>7586243
I raise muscovies, they're personable as hell and really quiet, and I only have a half acre to work with
>so much meat
>also too heavy to fly away
>tried to raise some mallards
>ate too much, eggs were terrible, not enough good meat on them
>and then they flew away
>east coast shell fish
I hear geoducks are really good.
all I know is that our local Co-Op started shipping in maine lobsters, and hippes bought them all up and shipped them back to maine and released them
>trying to explain how this is retarded to old hippe
>it's the point, anon
>mfw if nobody bought them they wouldn't stock them
>razor clams are easy to grab with a bit of salt
nah, clam gun 4 evah
>>7586286
What college? I'm looking to transfer to Humboldt. I'm sober so I'm not looking for the weed. I have a buddy deep in the forest service who kind of inspired me to look into that region. Been looking to WWOOF somewhere up in that deep Norcal as well.
>>7586336
I highly doubt anyone has moved to Humboldt because of the weed in the past decade.
>>7586336
>Not even for weed, man
dammit Humboldt why u so notorious
I went to CR, not HSU
>does HSU even offer ag classes?
>thought that was a Fresno thing
Lots of local farms, but they're all in the mountains and hippie as fuck. Most of the flatland is for cattle still.
>>7586356
>Be working at last job
>make good friends with new sales rep. from east coast
>Boston Joe specifically tells me he moved here to grow weed
>to supplement his income, for real
>went from making $90k/year to a little over $30k
>just so his wife could go through HSU
>only way he could afford to put her through college
>completely respectable and nice guy
>if only all the foreign growdozer operators and trimmigrants were as nice
Nobody ever gets rich without getting busted but it sure helps pay the bills
