Spinner72 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 come to the mid yell boating club this friday. spoot scallop and mussle supper fae 6pm eat in or takeaway. Brings back fond memories, da mair beer you drank da better da spoots taested and da mair you aet ! ..an it wis aye da spoots dat got da blame if onybody wisna weel efterwards.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Hi I am interested in catching a few Razor Clams... Could someone ... help me with which beach would be the best to find them.. I stay in Scalloway.. Cheers (*** Mod edit - threads merged ***) Getting kinda late in da year noo for spoots and skeptins, no makin big enoch tides noo dat wir intae summer. Spoots nearly onywhar unless Da Ness. Probably need tae head tae Vatster in Yell for skeptins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebeestie Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 hi it looks like your last chance for a low enough tide is....wed 18th at about 6 am and 50ish mins the day after this month, but if the wind is right and the barometric pressure is high maybe sun .mon . tues at 16:00 . 16:47. and 17:32 respectively and pop into the L.P.A near the bressay ferry and pick up a tide table booklet anything at .03 and under is good enough (depending on wind direction and air pressure) the beach before the yell ferry is as good as any and there is (or was) a sand bar between tresta and bixter at the spring ebbs ...just dont cook too long .....good hunting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_balmain Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Tides aren't important. Swimming for them means any tide is doable. Scallops too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebeestie Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 aaa ok cool ... but how do you get them ? do you just dig in the wet stuff or make a noise like plankton seriously i am interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 I am not well experienced, but I remember the following favoured technique. Walk backwards over the sandy ebb armed with spade and receptacle. The process of walking over them will cause the spoots to squirt upwards from under the sand. Look for the holes which are created. Dig wherever a spoot has so indicated its location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebeestie Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 sorry EM it was the swimming thing that i was wondering about..but thanks anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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