Clams and Clam Chowder

The aroma of clam chowder is filling the air in the house right now and I can't wait to sample my first bowl.  Endsley invited my wife Sonya and I to join his family in Ocean City on Saturday for some razor clam digging.  Having never had the chance to dig razor clams before, I decided to make the drive and join in on the fun.  With low tide at 4:30 we decided to meet out on the beach at about 2:30.  I expected to see a few people out there but I have to say that I was completly shocked to see the numbers of people on the beach.  As far as the eye could see in either direction was a line of people digging away for these tasty little morsels.

After arriving and seeing all of the people already working away I quickly put the waders on, grabbed my new clam tube and went to work.

After a quick lesson from Robbo's dad and some spotter help from Bear Holmes we got our limit of 15 clams a piece in about 4o minutes.  Next, I had to figure out how to clean the clams which once again, I had never done before.  Luckily for me, I knew that we had a video on CLEANING RAZOR CLAMS on the Outdoor Line to show me how. 

After viewing the video, I got busy and made short work of our 2 limits of clams.

Thanks Robbo, family, and Bear for the help.  I will see you guys on the beach for the next opener.  I have to go now, Sonya just set a big bowl of steaming clam chowder down in front of me.