BajaBad
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Is Clamming Legal?
Hola, need to check something, as I may have been trained in Baja ethics by the wrong people... 
Is clamming illegal in Baja? I know that lobster & crab harvesting are big no no's, but for some crazy reason thought it was OK to harvest clams.
Is it just not as 'un-acceptable' to harvest clams but still illegal?
Yikes. Need to get my facts straight and thanks much for info, BajaBad
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Santiago
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You can not harvest clams, even with your fishing lic. That being said - absolutely everyone does it. Might be a problem if you've got a pickup load
or you try to sell them.
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Bruce R Leech
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no shell fish
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woody with a view
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yeah, out there where you and your's are the only scofflaws (well, except for the cartel....) we're all just enjoying the finer things that the best
coast has to offer...
don't try this.....at home.....or anywhere else!
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woody with a view
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our boy billy.....
with a "clam linguini candidate" to add to the pot... don't hate...appreciate, one of the many "reasons we go!"
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Tried to find clams, waited for the lowest tide, looked hard, found very few. Saw
heaps of shells left behind by the commercial guys that pretty much wiped 'em out a few years back.
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Tried to find clams, waited for the lowest tide, looked hard, found very few. Saw
heaps of shells left behind by the commercial guys that pretty much wiped 'em out a few years back. |
there are NO commercial guys 70 miles from the hiway! but
don't tell anyone!!!
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vandenberg
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Only illegal if you get caught.
Know a few places on Mag Bay where the clams (butter and manillas) are so thick that you can fill a 44 quart cooler within an hour. And it doesn't
have to be a real low tide either.
Somehow the Mexican people don't seem to be interested in this kind of seafood, except maybe on the Pacific side's pismos.
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Cypress
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Oh well! Guess I was just looking in the wrong place. Getting 70 miles off the Hwy
in Baja due east or west? You'll need diving gear to harvest clams.
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thebajarunner
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We plowed this field quite well in February!!
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBad
Hola, need to check something, as I may have been trained in Baja ethics by the wrong people...
Is clamming illegal in Baja? I know that lobster & crab harvesting are big no no's, but for some crazy reason thought it was OK to harvest clams.
Is it just not as 'un-acceptable' to harvest clams but still illegal?
Yikes. Need to get my facts straight and thanks much for info, BajaBad
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http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=30013#pid3011...
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Mexitron
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Tried to find clams, waited for the lowest tide, looked hard, found very few. Saw
heaps of shells left behind by the commercial guys that pretty much wiped 'em out a few years back. |
there are NO commercial guys 70 miles from the hiway! but
don't tell anyone!!! |
Actually, even further south than you are there on the, eh, sharp point Woody, we experienced seeing clammers coming in from San Quintin...although
with gas prices as they are its probably chased their profits away.
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Bajajorge
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What fishing license? Just walk out in the muck and start raking.
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losfrailes
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Here in San Lucas Cove, we simply walk on the sand bar at low tide and when our weight comes near a nice chocolate, it squirts a small stream of water
up and we just dig them up with our fingers, about 2-3 inches deep.
However, snorkeling and surface diving in about 5-6 foot of water will disclose the two small openings (bivalves) that clearly indicate a clams
presence. Flip down, dig 'em up and up for more air. Fun day!
And taking them for personal consumption has never posed a problem here.
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