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Cockle hunt

Pan-fried cockles coated in a mixture of flour, cornmeal and breadcrumbs.
Pan-fried cockles coated in a mixture of flour, cornmeal and breadcrumbs.
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Gathering cockles is easy. All you need is a rake. The cockles are either on the surface of the sand or just below the sand's surface so all you have to do is rake the sand to gather cockles.
Gathering cockles is easy. All you need is a rake. The cockles are either on the surface of the sand or just below the sand's surface so all you have to do is rake the sand to gather cockles.
Victor Panichkul / Www.TheTasteofOregon
The crabbing pier at 12th Street in Garibaldi is a popular spot to gather cockles at low tide.
The crabbing pier at 12th Street in Garibaldi is a popular spot to gather cockles at low tide.
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It takes no time to reach your limit of cockles. You can bring a nylon drawstring bag to keep your cockles in while you're roaming the bay.
It takes no time to reach your limit of cockles. You can bring a nylon drawstring bag to keep your cockles in while you're roaming the bay.
Victor Panichkul / Www.TheTasteofOregon
The scrubbed and rinsed cockles.
The scrubbed and rinsed cockles.
Victor Panichkul / Www.TheTasteofOregon
Limited opportunity. This limit of cockles was speed-raked by a first-timer in about 15 minutes. And they're tasty, too.
Limited opportunity. This limit of cockles was speed-raked by a first-timer in about 15 minutes. And they're tasty, too.
Henry Miller/Statesman Journal
Go down past the narrow pier, go to the beach, do what they do, and you'll rake a limit of cockles, Oregon's easiest clam.
Go down past the narrow pier, go to the beach, do what they do, and you'll rake a limit of cockles, Oregon's easiest clam.
Henry Miller/Statesman Journal