The coastal razor clam season started off with rough weather on Oct. 16, but that didn’t stop thousands of diggers from flocking to their favorite beach.
“The weather was lousy for the opener especially on the beaches south of Grays Harbor, but it got a little better by [Oct. 17], and then it was a beautiful fall day by [Oct. 18] and the clams were just popping out everywhere,” said Dan Ayres, the head state Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish biologist. “I was out on Copalis [Oct. 16] where the average was 13.7 clams per person, and I ran into a guy soaked from head to toe who managed to stay pretty happy because he got his clams.”
Ayres said coastwide there was 30,250 digger trips made, and the average was 14 clams per person [the first 15 clams dug is a daily limit].
