I first ate raw oysters in Bordeaux, France. The family I was staying with insisted I drink the water in the shell too which being seawater out of the Med I wasn't thrilled about. Alaska's waters would be another thing though.

SC has a Shell recycling area on each of the Islands , you drop off your shells there or take them back where you picked them from.

Oyster eggs attach to oyster shells and they grow in clusters , so the idea is place the shells and a few oysters where you want to be picking from later

here is a new man made oyster habitat they were working on , the sign says something like don't pick these this is a project to get them started in this portion of the sound. I didn't get a close up of the sign.

Great way to live Tramp !!

Wouldn’t want to do it any other way. I missed home so much I’m strongly considering selling off my cabin up north and my snow machines and just sticking to SE year round like I used to. I thought I’d like being further north for winter because I love the cold and snow, but I’m island trash, and I always will be lol

I think i was maybe 14 last time I did that and it was with fresh water muscles back in boy scouts on a camping trip. I found a bunch with my feet when swimming in the lake where we were camping. They could have used something for flavor if I remember right.

I'm your Huckleberry..

The seawater in the oysters covers the seasoning pretty well in my book. Hot sauce is a nice addition, but not needed

I went out today and got a limit of razor clams so I had a bit of fresh food from the beach too. Fried clams tonight. Sorry, no pictures of dinner. It's all gone.

Very nice. The clams have been tough digging, I broke 2 shovels within a few days lol

I gave up on shovels quite a few years ago. Use a clam gun now. Stay cleaner and waves never sneak up on me when trying to pull a clam out of the hole.

Deep fried in batter...mmm mmm good

I usually dig for them in sheltered bays and inlets, so the waves aren’t usually an issue, but a clam gun would be pretty slick

Is that your limit hump, 15?

We have a different razor clam here, makes the best fried clams, also have Softshell (steamers, or (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) clams), and the king around here Hard clams,(mercenaria mercinaria), your littlenecks, cherrystones and chowders. Long Island at one time supplied 75% of the hard clams sold in America. Still all 3 caught commercially here. Along with Atlantic surf clams

Little necks, we called them steamers, are my favorite amongst the wild offerings in my area. Everything else, aside from cockles, tastes like sulfur smells.

Yep, 15 on razor clams, 10 pounds on steamers, 18 oysters and 3 geoducks. I should have put something down for size comparison. Those clams are 6 to 7 inches long. I mostly dig razor clams because the sandy ocean beaches where razor clams live are close by. The others are a drive. I always stock up on them and that is my offering at our potluck at the Rendezvous. Fried, fritters, chowder or noodles with clam sauce. Never have had any leftovers.

I have a comfy couch if you ever wanna come get a few 5 gallon buckets of oysters lol