Back Bay : : CLAM DIGGING

If you reside along the Northern Atlantic seaboard Striped Bass are the kings. Ninety percent of all bait and tackle stores cater to the striped bass with a variety of lures, plugs, jigs and swimbaits. There are countless books, magazines, and blogs dedicated to the pursuit of this one fish. Most fishermen spend a lifetime searching for that one trophy bass.

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Then, on the polar opposite side of the fishing spectrum is the clam. In most bait and tackle stores any clamming gear is usually hidden way in the back of the shop. There are no magazines or movies dedicated to improving your clamming "hook up" ratio.  Your not searching for a giant clam to mount on your wall. And maybe in retrospect its a good thing that clamming isn't that blown out and way off the radar.

Clamming is pretty straight forward. You feel around with your feet and dig with a rake until you hit something solid. If your lucky you might stumble into a clam bed and your life is easy. Ether way its always fun and the most rewarding part of clamming is the table fare you end up with. I love icing down the smaller cherry stone clams, shucking and eating them on the half shell with fresh lemon, cocktail sauce and horse radish. Then wash it down with a cold beer. Hunt | Gather | Cook...

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Home Brewed : : Kristian Kozlowski {back bay double ipa}