Big Al's Richmond has Clams

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Oh, heck, I might as well jump in on the hijacking too, 'cuz it's so much fun.

Originally Posted by EmilyB

Yeah, they looked really like nothing I have ever seen before. They came in as bubbletips apparently..

I have not seen these very often, but I have seen on rare occasion a strain of BTA which is huge, i.e., >12-14" around. These are collected at deeper waters than the others. So it's conceivable that what you saw were indeed BTA's. I did not see them so I can't say (actually, next time you see such a thing, please let me know so I can go see myself!) They are sometime mislabelled as ritteris because of the size but just thought I'd mention that there IS such a thing as a gargantuan BTA (just a bit rare usually). They can fetch quite a price. I hope they made it to good homes.