May 10, 2014 — Many of the coastal beaches still are covered with razor clams, and this season likely will go down as one of the best in many years.
“We’ll still have some great digging times ahead with plenty of clams available,” said Dan Ayres, the head state Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish manager. “We’ve also got a whole pile of clams the Quinault Tribe offered to add to the recreational harvest.”
Digging is open Tuesday (a minus-0.6 feet low tide at 6:21 a.m.) at Twin Harbors; Wednesday (minus-1.2 at 7:02 a.m.) at Twin Harbors and Long Beach; Thursday (-1.5 at 7:44 a.m.) at Twin Harbors and Long Beach; Friday (-1.7 at 8:27 a.m.) at Twin Harbors, Long Beach and Copalis; Saturday (-1.7 at 9:12 a.m.) at Twin Harbors, Long Beach, Copalis and Mocrocks; May 18 (-1.5 at 9:59 a.m.) at Twin Harbors, Long Beach, Copalis and Mocrocks; May 19 (-1.1 at 10:50 a.m.) at Twin Harbors; and May 20 (-0.6 at 11:44 a.m.) at Twin Harbors.
The most recent razor clam digs April 27 to May 4 started off well, and at the end produced mixed success because of heavy rain and surf. A total of 28,406 diggers harvested 388,766 clams.
“I took my family to Twin Harbors at Grayland, and we had our limits in just 10 minutes,” Ayres said of a May 2 outing. “The clams were big in size and in great condition. People overall are pretty happy with this season.”
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