Halibut man Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couta Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut man Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 Thanks John R. Will make my way up there once this Covid thing calms down more. Will post here if I am lucky to catch some. Hopefully not too long from now. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshGTV Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 You might want to google 'lake macquarie pollution' etc - the lake has very high levels of heavy metals from industry, and they accumulate particularly in shellfish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 The one industry that was known for pollution has been closed for over ten years and only affected cockle creek i eat fish squid crabs and razor fish from bottom half of lake all the time and i dont glow in the dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut man Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut man Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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