In July 2007 I discovered that Blue Claw Crabs were prevalent in Shelter Island waters. Audrey and I spent many hours down at Dickerson Creek hunting for Crabs and anything else that lives in the tidal zone. My methods are somewhat unorthodox, but give the right weather conditions and the right tide I could catch better than a dozen keepers an hour.
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A 18-20 Crabs don't make that much meat, but what a great treat to take crab meat out of your freezer in the winter and have crab cakes.
I got a little wet parking the boat. The wind was most unfavorable for parking in the shallows off the beach. If I was going to do a lot of beach parking of the Grady, I'd definitely need to get a stern anchor to keep it from beaching.
The entire event was laid back and informal. It was very nice to get to enter the cabin and explore the grounds.
There was a relatively stiff breeze that kept the tent billowing slightly, more than enough to keep any bugs away.
Raw clams were being shucked by three very experienced men. They were serving clams as fast as the crowd could eat them and this crowd could eat clams. It was a good mix of ages, I was expecting to be amongst the youngest at the benefit but we weren't by far.
It was a Kettle Clam Bake. A very large pot was heated with a propane heater. Inside where cheese cloth bundles of corn, chicken, clams, and muscles. Rockweed was layered on top and in between to keep the moisture in the food.
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