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 ...

It’s very, very difficult to ignore the siren call of a sunny spring day on one of Washington’s coastal beaches. Add a razor clam dig to the mix, and it becomes well-nigh impossible. Sun, sand, and ...

OCEAN SHORES, Wash. — It's a hunt that brings thousands of people to the Washington Coast. “More people participate in razor clamming than any other fishery in the state. It brings out the largest ...

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 ...

Jason Stricker was stunned at what his shovel turned up — a razor clam filling the palm of his hand. “There were three or four of them that big,” he said. “All of six inches. Two clams and a normal ...

On Super Bowl Sunday, while the rest of the universe was consuming 7-layer dip and chili dogs, our main appetizer was a feast of freshly steamed soft shell clams that had been dwelling in the Yaquina ...

Razor clams are tasty, and gathering them involves an outing on the beach. Each clammer must dig his own clams and keep them in a separate container. (Terry Otto/For The Columbian) OLYMPIA — ...

Ring in the new year with some razor clams as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shellfish managers approved seven days of razor clam digging opportunities at Long Beach, Twin Ha ...