Cockles

 Salmon fishing is really picking up. Last weekend and the last few days have yielded many salmon. On Wednesday, an almost-40-pounder was brought in. See here for details.Most when fishing that day,but I took advantage of the low tide and went digging for cockles. While I was not particularly successful that day, they were still unbelievably tasty. Today I'll tell you about the process to catch them.

After

Before

First, you want to wait for a low tide, preferably one that's 0.0 or below. The lower the tide, the more clams are exposed. Unlike most clams, cockles are located on rocky shores. When scouting out a location, look for obvious holes in the beach. This indicates the someone has already been there and that it's a bad spot. Bring a hoe or rake to dig them up with. Start digging. If your hole doesn't yield many clams, don't be afraid to move to a new hole. If you have a lot of luck with one hole and then you dig all the clams out of it, dry digging outwards rather than deeper. Remember that cockles have a daily bag limit of 50 and a size limit of 1.5". Most crab gauges have a hole in them can be used to measure cockles.