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 ...

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 ...

John Cayou watched the rocky beach, waiting for a squirt of water to shoot up from the sand. A clam, revealing its spot. Cayou dug in his pitchfork, and grabbed clams to put in his bucket. He’s been ...

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 ...

Razor clams reside in the sweet spot between disparate worlds. By burrowing in the tidal zone of coastal beaches, the mouth watering mollusks grow fat by filtering the detritus that washes around them ...

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) The Washington ...

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 — ...