Raking for dinner
September 12, 2024 7:17 pm
• Last Updated: September 12, 2024 7:17 pm
Friends Jim Smith, left, of Taftville, and Lauren Renaldi, of Salem, stand in the water of Bluff Point State Park in Groton as they use rakes to look for clams Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Lauren Renaldi, of Salem, pulls up a group of clams with a rake in the water of Bluff Point State Park in Groton with friend Jim Smith, of Taftville, not pictured, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Friends Jim Smith, left, of Taftville, and Lauren Renaldi, of Salem, stand in the water of Bluff Point State Park in Groton as they use rakes to look for clams Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Jim Smith of Taftville, throws a clam into a bucket as he and friend Lauren Renaldi, not pictured, of Salem, use rakes to look for clams at Bluff Point State Park in Groton Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Groton ― Friends Jim Smith, of Taftville, and Lauren Renaldi, of Salem, stood almost shoulder deep in the water of Bluff Point State Park Thursday chatting and laughing as they raked for clams.
“We’re having good luck today,” said Smith.
Wearing a wetsuit, he says he often views clamming as a year-round activity.
“If anything it’s best in the winter,” he said. “The colder the water the better they taste.”
He was planning on using the clams they gathered to make chowder as well as put them on the grill with butter and garlic for dinner.
“There aren’t many better ways to spend a beautiful day like this,” said Renaldi.
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