NJ giant freshwater clam
New Jersey Fishing
Jun 26, 2023 23:56:36 #
Went carping in muddy, flooded Robert G Martin Lake this evening after a thunderstorm. Two ambulances, a fire truck, a police car and a township pickup truck were in the parking lot when I arrived. A bicycle was removed. The field surrounding the lake was underwater. Two poachers were illegally cast netting in my spot. I went to the outlet on the other side of the lake where very little shoreline remained. Most of the Canada geese were banded recently. White geese were fighting. Two white pigeons were on the dam. Swallows were on the water control structure. Took lots of pictures. Threw out a can of corn 🌽 for chum, then caught and released 10 bluegills, 3 brown bullheads, 2 pumpkinseed sunfish and a giant fresh water clam with whole kernel corn bait and an unbaited #14 gold treble hook on 2 lb test line.
Jun 27, 2023 07:25:07 #
Big dog
Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York
NJ219bands wrote:
Went carping in muddy, flooded Robert G Martin Lak... (show quote)
Those clams occasionally have pearls in them.
Jun 27, 2023 13:22:27 #
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Jun 27, 2023 14:33:17 #
Badmoon
Loc: Ewing NJ
The raccoons would dig them up around the farm ponds I used to fish as a kid. There would be shells everywhere! Never found any pearls though!
Jun 27, 2023 14:49:40 #
Jun 27, 2023 18:00:13 #
NJ219bands wrote:
Went carping in muddy, flooded Robert G Martin Lak... (show quote)
Caught this in the impoundment behind the house. Didn't even know they existed! That's a 5" senko for scale. I guess the bigger question is how it even got there in the first place as this is a man-made lake!
Jun 27, 2023 19:37:35 #
NJ219bands wrote:
Went carping in muddy, flooded Robert G Martin Lak... (show quote)
Huge Clam bands !🤙🤙never seen any that big , we would use the ones we'd find for Catfish bait 👍Nice photos Sir !👍🤙
Jun 28, 2023 07:19:11 #
Jun 28, 2023 11:20:05 #
DCGravity wrote:
Caught this in the impoundment behind the house. Didn't even know they existed! That's a 5" senko for scale. I guess the bigger question is how it even got there in the first place as this is a man-made lake!
Does the Senko always work to catch them?
Jun 28, 2023 11:29:19 #
Jeremy wrote:
Does the Senko always work to catch them?
It was a freak occurrence. Wacky hook just caught on it after the drop.
Jul 2, 2023 09:09:14 #
smitty
Loc: maine
DCGravity wrote:
Caught this in the impoundment behind the house. Didn't even know they existed! That's a 5" senko for scale. I guess the bigger question is how it even got there in the first place as this is a man-made lake!
birds[mostly gulls] spread them around when they eat them and crap some where else
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