They fan out in groups, mostly women, plodding in rain boots across the soggy wet sands of the inlet, making the most of the low tide. Hustling along with rakes and buckets, they chat and laugh gaily.

Whenever my buddies tried to rope me in to any outdoor activity involving a fishing rod or a shovel and bucket, I hemmed and hawed and whined, “Why can’t we just swing by a fish market?” I have no ...

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) shellfish managers today confirmed the next round of coastal razor clam digging kicks off from April 6-12 with an increased daily limit of 20 clams ...

NINILCHIK — Wasilla’s Aimee Havemeister can still recall all the fun her kids had playing in the mud at the East Cook Inlet razor clam fishery. She used to bring her sons Brendyn and Leyland to ...

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) shellfish managers confirmed today, razor clam digging opportunities at ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Clam diggers can ring in the New Year by filling their buckets with razor clams during an eight-day opener beginning Dec. 31. State shellfish managers with the Washington Department ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Calling all razor clam diggers: more digging on Washington coastal beaches is set to begin on Feb. 6. TheWashington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) coastal shellfish managers ...

November kicks off the third razor clam tide series of the season, after the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that digging can resume starting on the first day of the month. The ...