Small boat clam dredge

[Old Mud]

Well said , I for one would like to see him start over and would welcome it. I know most of what i post is with a smile on my face. (Literately ) I also know not everyone is like that. In this age of internet social media it's easy to have someone bring out the worst in you. I would just as soon delete everything here that i wrote. I know well about those obstacles.

 

[Barnstable Seafood Co.]

Wow you guys are still talking about me? Does anyone actually care about this fishery or do you want to keep calling me an asshole?

 

[Barnstable Seafood Co.]

Mr. Barnstable, as a recovering asshole, I feel qualified to make this statement. You are an asshole. Not just a plain run of the mill asshole but an extremely annoying asshole.

Thank you for contributing to the topic.

You think someone could just change the topic to “thoughts and opinions about Jake Angelo?”

 

[Barnstable Seafood Co.]

Shellfish Committee 01-12-2022

I’m a busy, I don’t have time for random guys online busting my balls… period. I’m in this thread to discuss this fishery that I have personally started in my town and have a lot of interest in. If you don’t like how I talk to them keep it to your self. If you are interested in dredging please keep reading my friend.

Watch the link. Discussion starts at 10:50.

Shellfish Committee 01-12-2022

Back story: the Mills River was paved with tops, cherries, and chowders, all blunts. No seed. We tried to bull take it for a few years but it was just myself and tyler. We would get massive chunks of boring sponge caught in the teeth and the clams were so thick it was hard to get the rake in. It was a resource that was being wasted and taking up space for new sets. We had a year of discussion and guest speakers on the topic and one town relay where the town watched me harvest with the dredge in a closed area and replanted them. Last year I pulled the first quahog dredge in Barnstable for the first time ever after all the old timers laughed and told me “that will neeeevvveeerrr happen!” This video is where our town is at year two and our thoughts for the future.

Shellfish Committee 01-12-2022

Did anyone read this post? Does no one care about doing this in their town, or trying to pave the way for younger generations?What the hell is with all of you? Keep analyzing me! I have a fishing business, a wholesaler business, active in town, and state fisheries management, very active in protecting the marine environment and still have time to talk to folks on here about getting dredging through in their dying shellfisheries.

What do you guys do for the fisheries? Do you care about the future fisheries? Do you care about the degradation in our estuaries? Did you fight regulations but eventually gave up?

I’d like to know because maybe we can help each other? Go back and read from the start, im here to help people quahog dredge. Several people have private messaged me for advice but the main thread remains useless.

@Old Mud @Joshbel02 @yanmar @Codcruncher

 

[harpoon83]

Jake,
It sounds like you have a pretty good thing going on down there and that you have a passion for what your doing, those are both great things.

There are a lot of people here maybe they haven't done exactly what you are doing, but have been around for many many years and been involved at various levels with fishing management and can share valuable information with everyone reading.

Every day there is information on here that most people don't have access to anywhere else.

Guys tend to get a little defensive when you call out or are disrespectful to one of the most well respected guys here, who was commercial fishing since the WW2 era.

I am sure that people here would like to hear more about what you are doing and if it could be applicable to other areas.

 

[Quik Fix 16]

What size rings in the dredge?

 

[Barnstable Seafood Co.]

What size rings in the dredge?

You chirped in out of left field calling me an extremely annoying asshole. Now you got a constructive question? Anyone who wants answers just private message me. I’m over this thread.

 

[Barnstable Seafood Co.]

Jake,
It sounds like you have a pretty good thing going on down there and that you have a passion for what your doing, those are both great things.

There are a lot of people here maybe they haven't done exactly what you are doing, but have been around for many many years and been involved at various levels with fishing management and can share valuable information with everyone reading.

Every day there is information on here that most people don't have access to anywhere else.

Guys tend to get a little defensive when you call out or are disrespectful to one of the most well respected guys here, who was commercial fishing since the WW2 era.

I am sure that people here would like to hear more about what you are doing and if it could be applicable to other areas.

If you are interested you can private messages me questions. I’m not posting information on this forum anymore.

 

[Quik Fix 16]

Gee Joey, I'm really sorry to see you go. You were such a help to the entire boating community with all your inciteful recommendations from your vast experience. I hope we survive.

 

[Barnstable Seafood Co.]

Gee Joey, I'm really sorry to see you go. You were such a help to the entire boating community with all your inciteful recommendations from your vast experience. I hope we survive.

Man I’d love to meet you in person. Do you even own a downeast boat?

 

[CMEBoston]

Anyone know where to purchase a small boat clam dredge? Close to CT/RI preferred but any source is helpful?

How small? Dry or hydraulic? J-Built out in Orleans builds them, maybe Riedars in New Bedford if they don’t they know who would.


Anyway this thread was such a hoot I just figured I’d add my opinion to the mix. I See Jake still hasn’t learned any manners, some things never change.


C.R.E.A.M. Clams Rule Everything Around Me

 

[Quik Fix 16]

I have one, brand new. Make offers. Was made from the national fisherman drawing.

 

[Linesiders]

I ended up finding a dry dredge, small blade/opening, about half the size of the one in the pics. May have been a Jbuilt, got it from a guy on the cape. Unfortunately, it's not catching. I am using it in mud bottom, I'm thinking I may need to weld something up to use hydraulic pressure to bust up the bottom. The clams are there, I'm able to bullrake them successfully. This dredge will go right over them. I welded on some railroad ties off the blade to dig in better, but no success. Any thoughts??

Does the water pressure just bust up the bottom and the blade then scoops them or is the pressure suppose to push/ force the clams into the dredge?

 

[cdevil]

cool boat on my dock

 

[novivin]

cool boat on my dock

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Bay Scallop rig! I use dredges like those, in Buzzards Bay, got them from someone that used them in Pt. Judith Pond RI. That looks like the pond...

 

[CMEBoston]

I ended up finding a dry dredge, small blade/opening, about half the size of the one in the pics. May have been a Jbuilt, got it from a guy on the cape. Unfortunately, it's not catching. I am using it in mud bottom, I'm thinking I may need to weld something up to use hydraulic pressure to bust up the bottom. The clams are there, I'm able to bullrake them successfully. This dredge will go right over them. I welded on some railroad ties off the blade to dig in better, but no success. Any thoughts??

Does the water pressure just bust up the bottom and the blade then scoops them or is the pressure suppose to push/ force the clams into the dredge?

Well a dry dredge has no hydraulic pressure
But the nozzles on a wet dredge create a soft patch for the dredge to tow through

A dry dredge “jerks” the boat one of the most important aspects of dry dredging is tow post location. You really want it ahead of the prop centerline on the boat