Fick handed me a “clam gun;” the tool of choice for beginners learning the ropes of clam digging. It was a hard plastic tube, with a covered top that has a handle built into it, plus there is a small ...

THIS MUST BE the best autumn weather in years. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, it did with the opening of razor clam season!

More than half-a-million people will converge along the Washington coast during the fall, winter and spring in search of a bountiful population of razor clams. On days when digging is open, thousands ...

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

Washington offers many kinds of outdoor fun, and one activity topping the list this time of year is razor-clam digging along coastal beaches. There is something mystical about this iconic Pacific ...

Now that the cold weather has arrived, it’s clam chowder season. The "Oregon Field Guide" team was at the coast earlier this year filming Newport-based clamming expert Bill Lackner for our story on ...

Another season of Washington Coast razor clamming was kicked off with the first digs of the year on Oct. 6, with a seven day tidal series.

DESPITE GOOD WEATHER and tides for two of three recent days of digging at Kalaloch, razor clam diggers still struggled to find clams. Results progressively improved during the President’s Day Weekend ...

These are the clam diggers of Lourizan. They call themselves, "the peasant farmers of the sea." They work about three hours a day over 15 or 16 days a month, earning about $107 a shift. Clam ...

"You can't dig clams in any month that doesn't have an R in it," the woman said with absolute authority and confidence. We stood there face-to-face and I had a peck basket filled with soft-shelled ...