Clamming is a long time favorite activity among Oregon Coast locals and visters year round. Coos Bay, Oregon has a particularly diverse selection of clam species found around the bay including gaper, cockle, littleneck, softshell and butter.
Low tides throughout the year provide favorable conditions for clamming on the tidelands. Our good friends at Fishing Oregon’s Adventure Coast have put together information for locals and visitors who want go on a Clamming Adventure.
For details, changes and more information, we encourage you to check directly with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Their web site is: www.dfw.state.or.us
The Coos Bay area provides digging primarily along the tide lands across the bay from Empire to Charleston and on an island that appears only at low tide due west of Empire. The east side of the bay from Empire to Charleston has this clam also but in a lesser abundance. The cockle clam is found in generally the same area you will dig for Empires. The Softshell clam is found in the firmer mud flats up the bay from Empire.
Use this map as a guide to find the best spots to dig and enjoy!