Shore fishing & clamming & stuff at Larrabee State Park???

[someguyseattle]

Later this month - Father's Day weekend in fact - The Kid's cub scout troop is going on a campout to Larrabee state park. I've checked and fishing and clamming is allowed.

I'm curious if anybody has any suggestions, comments, or experiences shore fishing from there and what if anything can be dragged out of the water in late June. Thanks for any info...

[swedefish4life1]

Watch and check for RED Tides:batman:

[Bodofish]

Mask and snorkel!!!!!! easy grab on the crabs! Water is pretty warm in the afternoon when the sun warms it.

[noclothes1]

Rock fish maybe. I've heard some talk of lings but I've never seen evidence. Call Yeager's: (360) 733-1080 in Bellingham , Dave's in Lynden: (360) 354-5591 or LFS Marine in Bellingham: (360) 734-3336 (best bet)

After you call, tell me what they say as I'm slightly interested.

[The Quadfather]

Mask and snorkel!!!!!! easy grab on the crabs! Water is pretty warm in the afternoon when the sun warms it.

Careful on that... Marine area 7 East open for crab July 15th, unless they open it early. Always worth it to throw some spinners from the shore for cutthroat or resident silvers.

[swedefish4life1]

Why , why swede LMAO!!!:-# :chef:

yesterdays batters up:bounce: :thumright :viking:

[someguyseattle]

Nice bunch of manilas, Swede. Taaaaaaasty!

[curado]

i am drowling lol

[swedefish4life1]

Hey Bodofish you told me that same gear late after midnight#-o :@: in the late 80's at Black Angus whats up with that it works on more then then just clams???:chef: lol

[someguyseattle]

Hey Bodofish you told me that same gear late after midnight#-o :@: in the late 80's at Black Angus whats up with that it works on more then then just clams???:chef: lol

Hey, c'mon now! I'm trying to find out about fish and the kind of clams you dig up out of sand. What kind of clams are you guys talking about?:-$

[someguyseattle]

So, I didn't think this merited a full on report, so I'm throwing the followup here.

On the shellfishing, it was a total bust. Larrabee's a big park but the beach access is actually fairly limited and oriented to the one spot in the entire bay where you CAN'T get shellfish - Wildcat Cove. That and a high tide on Saturday really put the kibosh on clamming, etc.

On Sunday, there was a big low and at around noon with the tide rising one of the other dads and I (along with some kids) opted to fish from the rocky points to the south of Wildcat Cove. Seemed like a good spot. The rocks gave all kinds of good structure and the water dropped right off in front of them - probably only about twenty feet deep or less, but pretty much vertical down along the rocks to the bottom with kelp and such around.

We had about an hour to monkey around there. He was using maybe 2 or 2.5 inch chartreuse grubs, but didn't have much weight on the line so wasn't getting any distance on casting or depth for his lure. I think that resulted in him getting no action at all - no nibbles, zip.

Me, I started off using a drop shot first with circle hook and a Gulp soft plastic shrimp. Bites but no hookset. Switched to a plastic sandworm. Same result. Switched to a more traditional shape hook at the end of an about 18" leader with weight above. Stuck the Gulp shrimp on it and cast out with a slow retrieve.

Promptly brought in about a 12" kelp greenling currently filleted and residing in my freezer. Hooked another and almost had it up on the rocks but it shook the hook at the last second and back he went to the depths. Shortly thereafter got a serious snag on the rocks and lost my terminal tackle. Time was up anyhow, so we called it a day.

Not bad for an hour, I figure.