Rip bought what he thought was a bad batch of clams the other day. Without naming the tackle shop, I told him maybe the clams would be more productive. The water was colder then and the fish were sluggish.


(to me, these didn't smell that bad. I guess smell is subjective. G has been fishin with me, and the clams we sometimes use would burn the paint off your car...)
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I don't think there have been scientific studies to see the "smell vs hit ratio" of clams. I could be wrong.

Fresh or stinky doesn't matter to me, clams is clams is what I say...

What say you??