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Any Fisho out in Lake Macquarie n catch/collected razor fish/clams before?

Can share experience? Heard it's becoming a 'pest' in the lake n hazard to wader n swimmers.

Legal to catch them? What tools? Using under water viewer? In lake fringe or deeper water?

Thanks.

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As far as I know you can collect them but be careful the shell is extremely sharp. That's why they are called razor fish. They are easy to see as they are quite large. They are dangerous because the sharp end of the shell protrudes out of the sand. If you tread on one it will slice your foot very badly. People want them removed from Lake Mac for that reason. You can find them easily by snorkling.

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They are all round lake  you can wade or snorkel  most in less than 10ft of water  grab with glove or use open tooth garden rake   nice eating like scallops  good bait n berley   very sharp shells if broken   if catching  remove from water  dispose of shells in bin please   plenty round gwandalan  summerland pt  pt wolstencroft    most of lake has them

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rickmarlin62, thanks for the info.

joshGTV, thanks for the alert  yes, read an article about that. Last recommendation was to eat only small quantity of fish, crab and shellfish at one seating n about once a month. Rickmarlin62 is correct that the polluters are shut down but the damage was done and would assume it will takes another decade or 2 to get the silt cleaned. 

Will report once got a chance to get up there

Cheers.

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DPI should have updates/warning on this is even the EPA..

Have you checked with either recently?

There is quite a few species the the razor clam family, if they were those big long triangular pointy spiked versions from everything I watched on YouTube is an example more pain than gain imo.

However of they were this version then I could understand the effort.

 

 

 

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Hi Kingiechaser,

Great foto  Those are the razor/bamboo clam to die for. Do we have them in NSW? Saw some at Syd Hays Market's fish mkt some years back, but imported from Scotland!!!

Those in lake Macquaurie are the long triangular type. Just a small scallop like muscle inside.

Cheers

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