The fatty tissues in razor clams that make them delicious to people and prime bait for crabs also binds with the neurotoxin. The clams still are not testing clean, Ayres said. Diggers and the ...

She said she digs clams to help pay the bills. Razor clam harvests in August are sold for Dungeness crab bait and help Quinault families get ready for the new school year. “There's not a lot of ...

Fish, chicken, and razor clams all make good, smelly bait to attract the crabs. The best time to crab is the few hours before and after high tide. Fall tends to yield the meatiest crabs after they ...

Most crabbers use float 20, and Miller says on a good day as many as 100 people show up to crab off the dock. You’ll need bait: “We use razor clams, I know, but that's what crabs eat ...

Bet you didn’t know that most Washington razor clams harvested commercially are sold as crab bait — quick-frozen in 20-pound containers. Bet you didn’t know that True Temper made top-grade ...

There are also vendors selling ocean-inspired creations from driftwood mobiles to door mats made from upcycled crab pot ropes. But the star of the show is the razor clam. There's a clam gun and ...

SHELLFISHING — Clam diggers can ring in the new year with an eight-day razor clam dig on ocean beaches that starts Dec. 29 and stretches through Jan. 5. The Washington Department of Fish and ...