#437810 - 06/06/08 01:17 AM
A Geoduck Photo Primer
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Reverend Tarpones
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First find a neck. Look for a large , clean neck. Horse clam necks are black and funky. Geoduck necks are clean and pretty. Then get a young guy to begin digging. Sometimes you have to show them how. Maybe even get the women helping. Then it's back into the sand a bit deeper. But perseverance will pay big dividends.
Edited by Dave Vedder (06/06/08 01:24 AM)
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#437813 - 06/06/08 01:36 AM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
[Re: Dave Vedder]
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Hey Man....It's cool...
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#437849 - 06/06/08 10:55 AM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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River Nutrients
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I would think that's too similar to working for a guy like you Dave.
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#437867 - 06/06/08 12:27 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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Reverend Tarpones
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I would think that's too similar to working for a guy like you Dave. I took the younger one to do all the work, but most of them crapped out on me. I had to show them how.
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#437871 - 06/06/08 12:36 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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The Chosen One
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That's too much work. Not that I'd know, but I'm guessing that if a scuba diver had a cutt off low pressure hose on the end of spare scuba cylinder, pressed in the hole, that would probably do the trick. I'd almost bet that the sand would boil up and "liquify", and you could easily just pull out the clam. Of course, it's illegal, so I'm only guessing......not that I'd know.
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#437878 - 06/06/08 12:48 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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Reverend Tarpones
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That's too much work. Not that I'd know, but I'm guessing that if a scuba diver had a cutt off low pressure hose on the end of spare scuba cylinder, pressed in the hole, that would probably do the trick. I'd almost bet that the sand would boil up and "liquify", and you could easily just pull out the clam. Of course, it's illegal, so I'm only guessing......not that I'd know. Sure, and you can get all the steelhead you want with a gill net. But . . .
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#437884 - 06/06/08 01:08 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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The Chosen One
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Or a well placed pipe bomb in a terminal hatchery staging area!
Hmmmm, pipe bombs for geoducks...????
I think we're on to something here!
PS. It IS June 6th today. We could make a re-enactment of the D-Day landing at Omaha Beach!
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#437889 - 06/06/08 01:35 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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Spawner
Registered: 01/22/06
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Parker - I "know someone" who tried the scuba tank blaster approach and it didn't work. I think you need a hydraulic device, not a pneumatic device.
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#437891 - 06/06/08 01:40 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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Returning Adult
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They harvest the comercial beds with a water tube with the water pressure of a garden hose turned all the way up. Grab the neck and work the tube down to the clam, and they come right up.
I'd like to get a briggs and straton pump and try it. Have not seen in the regs where this would be against the rules..........
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#437893 - 06/06/08 01:45 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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The Chosen One
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Parker - I "know someone" who tried the scuba tank blaster approach and it didn't work.
Oh trust me, it works. Well, too.
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#437899 - 06/06/08 02:08 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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Spawner
Registered: 01/22/06
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Well, I guess my friend had the engineering all wrong. We gave up on it after a few tries.
I've been planting them on my beach now for 3 years, so when they are ready I can just drag the garden hose down at low tide and blast them up with water like the pros do. The cost for geoduc seed is 50 cents each, takes 5 years til harvest, and there's no limit on your own tidelands. I'm getting around 90% survival after 3 years.
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#437900 - 06/06/08 02:14 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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River Nutrients
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Be sure to give the tribes their 50%.
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#438024 - 06/07/08 02:14 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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Three Time Spawner
Registered: 06/03/06
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Anybody care to give me an idea of where I can go within an hour of Tacoma. I have been trying North beach but haven't been able to find any. Thanks. Mark
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#438025 - 06/07/08 02:19 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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Reverend Tarpones
Registered: 10/09/02
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Loc: West Duvall
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Duackbush State park has some. Also check out this site http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/shelfish/beachreg/
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#438037 - 06/07/08 04:31 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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Three Time Spawner
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#438070 - 06/07/08 10:15 PM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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Smolt
Registered: 01/15/07
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Loc: Skwim
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Dave, A post hole digger works great for the ducks. Dig down shoulder deep, 2-3" from the neck on the water side.
-C
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#438098 - 06/08/08 02:11 AM
Re: A Geoduck Photo Primer
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Smolt
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Loc: Snohomish Co.
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I`ve got one in the frige Dave. Got a Recipe?
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