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Saw some big bitey things this morning actually.....eating the snapper off my longline :oh noes:

Ah common...wheres ya sense of adventure !:thumbsup:

Thats Awesome! are they on a muddy bottom?
Scollop decline(virtual extinction in shallow waters) here has largely been put down to bottom change with a thick layer of muddy sediment covering the...

Interesting......just your comment about beds on the high water mark had me thinking.
Not something I have ever searched for before or even seen others looking for them.....cockels on the other hand...

shift14 what sort of tidal range do you have on that beach?
We have around 4.5m from low to high in my region.

They look great !
And stunning pic even with people in it :thumbsup:

I could take you to my secret spot to get a feed if you like?

Bit of a marathon cooking them open at around 20 a time.
I worked out to do this with cockles as if you have a full pot and one has sand in it you have just put sand threw all of them.
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I have caught plenty of snapper over that bed.

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Far too tasty to use for bait.

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Just tried a few of em.
Very sweet and bloody yummy[emoji4] ....still need to sit overnight but not nearly as Sandy as the cockles I would normally gather.

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I found the sand/mud in this spot too hard to dig with my feet but I found areas where just the tips of the shell must have been very near the surface and I could feel them with my feet walking...

I found the sand/mud in this spot too hard to dig with my feet but I found areas where just the tips of the shell must have been very near the surface and I could feel them with my feet walking...

That was a lot easier than I expected

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Lots of small ones high graded by about 75%

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For tuatua in particular?
the local Maoris out your way use rakes for cockles and hammers for rock oysters.

bout to go for a look...take a shovel or rake?

Google no help there, infact I cannot find any closures anywhere in NZ only Cockles and Toheroa up north.

Any hints tips tricks to gathering them?
How deep do they burrow in the sand/mud?