| Some of the 50 plus participants digging for purple varnish clams at Clam Clinic Siletz Bay 2006. | |||
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| Family participantion - The true meaning of digging pupple varnish clams at Siletz Bay for the childern and parents from the Rogue River Valley School District. | |||
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| Puple varnish clams are the easiest clam species to dig from Oregon's coastal waters. Digging purple varnish clams from the soft sand in Siletz Bay is the best way to introduce those new to digging bay clams in Oregon. The clams are dug from the tidal flats below the Schooner Creek Wayside along HWY 101 in the Taft area of Lincoln City, however, the best access to the tidal flats is from gravel turnout just north of the Bay House Restaurant. Siletz Bay also has a thriving population of softshell clams. In fact the distribution of softshell and purple varnish clams overlap and you may encounter one of the species while digging for the other.
Siletz Bay Crabbing is excellent. Crab in the main channel seaward from a point just south of Cutler City. Crabbing from the north shore is very popular with crabbers using the Crab Max folding crab trap. Click HERE to return to Oregon's Razor Clams. Click HERE to return to Oregon's Clams. |
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