Before You Begin

• 1). Cut a piece of PVC pipe to a length of 3 feet, or have a hardware store cut it for you. This will be the pipe used to hunt for geoducks.
  
  
• 2). Read the Washington state Sport Fishing Rules yearly circular. As of 2010, the 50-year harvesting rule of catching three geoducks per person still stands.
  
  
• 3). Consult a tidal waters chart. Choose low tide on whichever beach you are going to harvest geoducks. Mid-April to mid-August is considered the best time to dig.
  
  
• 4). Dress in warm, waterproof clothes. Geoduck hunting involves getting wet.
  
  

Catching a Geoduck

• 1). Wait until low tide. Put on a pair of gloves. Look for the siphon hole in the wet sand close to the shoreline, which indicates a geoduck is below the surface. Use the siphon hole to guide your placement of the plastic tube. Though geoducks can burrow up to 350 feet below the sand, visible siphon holes indicate that geoducks are 3 to 4 feet from the surface.
  
  
• 2). Thrust your PVC pipe into the wet sand right around the siphon hole. This pipe will prevent the geoduck from burrowing away from you and protects its delicate neck from being hit -- or possibly severed -- by a shovel.
  
  
• 3). Use a shovel to dig around the PVC pipe in place until all sand is removed and exposes the geoduck.
  
  
• 4). Remove the PVC pipe. Use your hands to remove any remaining sand from around the geoduck's body. Rinse the clam in salt water and lay the body on a dry towel.