Any hints tips tricks to gathering them?
How deep do they burrow in the sand/mud?
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Any hints tips tricks to gathering them?
How deep do they burrow in the sand/mud?
Here in the BOP ankle deep at the most under the sand, normally feel them under the surface of the sand with your toes then grab them, nice raw or I also like them just boiled so they open up and spit the sand out on bread and butter. Low tide.
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They make great pattys to
Just make sure its open season, know southland had closed them all off for ages on oration beach
Google no help there, infact I cannot find any closures anywhere in NZ only Cockles and Toheroa up north.Quote:
Originally Posted by 223nut
bout to go for a look...take a shovel or rake?
I think using tools is a no noQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
My bad.... Meant toheroa must need more coffeeQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
For tuatua in particular?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pengy
the local Maoris out your way use rakes for cockles and hammers for rock oysters.
I cant find the relevant info, but I am sure I read somewhere that you are not allowed to use any implement to gather shellfish at all.
Hammer makes sense though.
My old man had it sussed when it came to getting Tuatua from the beach. He would send us kids out to get them. They make a great fritter.
we get them a lot up this way. look for areas along a beach with heaps of (dead) shell life and importantly tuatua shells. often not as far out as you think. dig with your feet. if you find one keep concentrating on that area as they often are in groups. break up a weetbix in new salt water, i throw in a frozen coke bottle to keep it cool. leave minimum four hours
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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I usually keep them in a bucket of seawater overnight to let them spot the sand out. Have had smoked on vogels, raw in a shot of vodka with tobasco sauce, fritters, and as part of a chowder. They are pretty good. Smoked with garlic on toast was bloody brilliant
Tools are a no no, use your feet and do the tuatua shuffle sinking up to your ankles easy as bloody tasty but let them spit out the sand first or theyre a bit gritty.
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 around then dig with my hands.Quote:
Originally Posted by LOC
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 around then dig with my hands.Quote:
Originally Posted by LOC
nice one. that sounds even easier. delicious little buggers. enjoy
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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Used to gather them for bait. Never eaten any before.
Far too tasty to use for bait.Quote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
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Don't under estimate their usefulness as bait VC. Snapper go mad for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
many a younger year was spent getting these delicious shell fish, once got put them in a bucket of clean salt water till they release all the sand. i found that placing them on a hot plate till they just open and then opening them and a dash of hot english mustard was bloody awesome
Not surprised they are good eating. Just about needed to follow the line down to separate the fish enough for one to hook up.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
I have caught plenty of snapper over that bed.Quote:
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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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Half in fritters tonight with gurnard and salad and the other half in a seafood mornay.
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Wife gets the credit for the fritters [emoji4]
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Dam they look real tastyQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
I could take you to my secret spot to get a feed if you like?Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
Limit of 50 per gatherer here. Some beds are right at the low tide mark, at the other end of the beach there's beds at the high water mark.
They were washed up on the beach this morning when I went paddle boarding, the oystercatchers had a feast!
We leave them overnight in salt water to spit the sand out, and steam them just till they open.
Do fritters or grill in the shell with chili sauce ....
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Yum yum.
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Recreational limits are here:
https://fs.fish.govt.nz/Doc/5670/TUA_07.pdf.ashx
No disrespect meant but that bottom pic would make a great scenic pic without the people in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by shift14
Stunning shot.
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Whats that beach
Pauanui, CoromandelQuote:
Originally Posted by FatLabrador
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They look great !
And stunning pic even with people in it :thumbsup:
The people in it, give the picture an action feeling, and depth, good pic. Up to Cooks Wednesday night for a week of SUP, fishing and you guessed, harvesting shellfish.
It is still a great pic no doubt. Maybe just me but the pink catches my eye.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
But still it is by far the best pic I have ever seen of people gathering shellfish😆
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you just like Blondes
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Tuatua
Reminds me of a joke from Thames high 3rd form
'Been to katikati?'
No matter what the response, the reply is
'Doesn't matamata'
@shift14 what sort of tidal range do you have on that beach?
We have around 4.5m from low to high in my region.