hi folks its Siebel here from
Thundermist or company and welcome to
today's episode of Thunderman fishing
tips so glad to see I put down the
tackle today but just for a day don't
worry I'm out here on beautiful
Vancouver Island just north of Nanaimo
and a place called
Nana's Bay and it's just coming up to
low tide and as you can see here today
what we're gonna do we're gonna do some
clamming and this is a gorgeous area for
clamming with low tide and I'm used to
climbing on on the northeast coast of
Virginia in that area and this was the
best I could do for a clam rake today
folks I asked people on the island
nobody here knew what a clam rake was
they use shovels and pails but I'm
accustomed to using clam rakes for for
clamming so this was the best they could
do it'll do the job today and there's
also a stirs out here I just took a
little walk I've got I've already picked
up a few nice oysters this is like a
climbers paradise here and I've got a
few a few little necks I've started to
gather already and for me I remember the
first time clamming I just went out and
I just started raking and raking and
raking and hot sunny day and it was a
lot of work and I wasn't coming up with
many clams so I put my fishing hat on
and I said what's a good method of
clamming well I call it trolling so what
I do is I put the rake in and then I
start walking as if I'm trolling
normally there's sand then when you feel
a little bump like that you've hit a
clam and there's a nice little neck
right there so they're just just below
the surface and usually when you get one
there's usually more
that one's really small I'll just put
that one back so once once you start
what I say trolling you start the troll
and you feel a clam then what you can do
is you can just rake that area because
typically where there's one there's
usually more and you can see here
there's another one there that's kind of
small I'm gonna let that one go this is
a nice full one right there that's a
nice little net clam
so I'm gonna keep that one in this case
it's mucky it's always good to return if
you dug up an area just put the dirt
back and protect what's back in there
just like so so I'm gonna keep trolling
along here and see if I can pick up some
oysters and some some larger some larger
clams as well
hit the gold mine
these are really nice clams nice they'll
make a nice pasta dish look at that
they're so plentiful
okay now that area here was a little bit
muddy the areas I'm used to clamming in
our sand which is much nicer to work in
but now they've come across a little bit
of rock and rubble
well the clams will be under here too so
same process you'll find them in the
rocks as well there's a nice a nice
little nectar take a look at him okay
has a beautiful nice little beautiful
little neck clam that'll make for a nice
a nice pasta I'm gonna have some fresh
clams and pasta tonight but they are
definitely also like I say in this Rock
now it's hard to use the same approach
about feeling the rocks because they're
all rocks that's why it's so much easier
when you're when you're into the sand to
to use that method but I'm gonna keep
walking along here this is uh this is
just a gorgeous like I say look at the
scenery here it's gorgeous area what a
place to be climbing in and and to come
back with some nice fresh clams and
oysters it's gonna be a great meal
tonight okay now as I'm walking along
here I'm also finding oysters and
they're easy because they're on the
surface all you got to do is bend to
pick them up
so I'm just walking along here and I see
there's an oyster there and I see
another one right over there so I'm
going to go harvest those oysters this
is the easy part
there's a nice oyster right there see
another one right over here usually
where there's one there's more and all
you got to do is just pick them up and
in fact there's another one right over
here
nan who's Bay oysters doesn't get any
fresher and what they want you to do is
they want you to open them up and chuck
them right here and leave the shells
behind it's good for the environment so
we're gonna do that before we before we
pack up and leave but this is just
fantastic fresh air beautiful scenery
lots of clams and oysters and a lot of
fun
yep keep on walking and find more
oysters doesn't get much easier than
that well folks just in time for the
rain to come this took me maybe 15
minutes I've got myself a nice haul here
I've got some beautiful Easter's I've
got some phenomenal Little Neck clams
there I am going to be eating very very
good tonight
nanus Bay British Columbia Vancouver
Island if you get an opportunity make a
trip don't forget your umbrella thanks
so much for tuning into today's episode
of Thundermist fishing tips next time
we'll have my lures with me we'll do
some fishing thanks for tuning in until
next time good luck good
you