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digging clams in barnstable

A clammer digging quahogs or cherrystones at Barnstable Harbor just south of Sandy Neck in Barnstable , MA. Ready for the raw bar, these clams are good steamed or eaten raw with cocktail sauce. The larger ones are called “chowders” because they are too large to be eaten raw and are more apt to be steamed and eaten in a chowder or soup.

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Comments: digging clams in barnstable

1. Where can I go clam digging?  Could you please send me direction?  Also, where could I go get the permit.  I’m a Massachusetts resident.
   Thanks

   Posted by Namith from MA on 08/01 at 01:03 AM

2. I live right in the barnstable harbor area.  I was wondering where exactly in the harbor is best for clamming.

   Posted by John from barnstable on 08/12 at 03:22 PM

3. The guy in the picture was clamming out in front of the beach at the end of Millway, past the Mattakeese Wharf Restaurant. Keep in mind that the pic was taken several years ago, so I am not sure if you can still dig clams in that area or not.

   Posted by Cape Cod from Cape Cod, Massachusetts on 08/12 at 05:03 PM

4. Thank you for the info.  Not sure if you know the answer to this question, but say i went clamming about 10 houses in off of sunset lane.  Do you think this would be a good area to go clamming?  thank you

   Posted by John from barnstable on 08/12 at 05:13 PM

5. Hard to say, that is the same area as where the guy in the photo was digging.

   Looking at the photo again I see that the guy’s clam basket looks empty, so this area may not be a very good clamming spot at all. Good luck.

   Posted by Cape Cod from Cape Cod, Massachusetts on 08/12 at 06:52 PM

6. By the looks of the guy’s rake, I’d say he’s digging for sotshell clams not quohaugs.

   Posted by Bob R. from Brimfield, MA on 08/01 at 08:43 PM

7. I am a teacher and I have read so many books and seen this done on so many movies, I am just dying to try it.  I dont know how to do it or what to do it with but I cant wait to try. Can you help me out with the how’s and the where’s and the when’s?

   Posted by Sharman from Mississippi on 06/21 at 12:41 PM