I took advantage of the small surf a couple weeks back and did a clam dive in Ventura county . It was almost flat water and saw things that I normally dont see here , like a little flourecent snail cruising on the bottom , a bunch of little shrimps 4inches long , looked like egg clusters of some sort and of course the sand dollars along with the many little crabs . Had a tough time finding them but when I did it was easy picking . Just looked for the sighon sticking out of the sand or the little hair like growth sticking out or just probing the bottom with a abalone iron . There usually just 3-5 inches under the sand . Got my limit of 10 that weighed 25 lbs. Its getting tougher coming back thru the surf with so much wt. next time Iam taking my ab. float tube . I sprayed the shells with a polyurethane clear coat after they dried and gave the shells away . Easter egg hunt on easter weekend .http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/t.../3-30-13pismoclams003_zps4743cc15.jpg>