Catch and cook giant mussels - finding large mussels in tide pools

We went out digging for big mussels during a low tide on the Oregon coast. It was a super minus tide, and this exposed many rocks, which had mussels grown all over them. We also dug for gooseneck barnacles.
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[@oregonlife]

Hey guys, I know California is different from Oregon. This was filmed in Oregon, and shellfish was open during this video. Here is the ODFW website (this is my bible and I check it religiously since I do a lot of crabbing/clamming in Oregon). www.oregon.gov/ODA/programs/FoodSafety/Shellfish/Pages/ShellfishClosures.aspx . Tools can be used for harvesting mussels in Oregon (P.82 of the 2019 regs). Peace out and may your life be surrounded by spitless camels!!

[@Yolanda_Ortiz]

PK Yi you’re my favorite fisherman. My husband is a fisherman I give him all your advices.

[@seanarmstrong7767]

PK I thought you cooked/ steamed mussels with the shell closed and when it open up during cooking you knew it was good to eat and finished cooking... Is it fine to do it the way you did and how do you know when it’s finished cooking?? Thanks for the video and if you answer.. I’m hungry now and can smell a white wine broth steaming some seafood already.

[@Trystiansky]

Spitless camels? lol. That's a myth. I "lived" for a short time in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, and Iraq, and never met a camel that didn't do Red Man chew (or whatever brand they chew there), and try to put a glob of it in my face. I think it's how they show their affinity towards new folks. O.o

[@AsianBarbies]

PK which Oregon beach is this ??

[@IberianCraftsman]

10:21 we call that camarones in Spain, they do "tortilla de camarores" in the South of Spain, really tasty 😋 www.recetasdeescandalo.com/tortillitas-o-tortitas-de-camarones-receta-tipica-de-cadiz/ 13:04 We love barnacles in Spain, the way we eat them at my house is grab it by the shell and put all the rest in your mouth and cut it off by a bite, then take out and suck the inside out(bite the lower part a bit to loosen it), then open the shell and eat the insides also (some people don't eat the insides or don't bother since its little meat), its delicious and really expensive in Christmas time in Spain, Barnacles from Galicia are the best. # other people also just twist the head off but that can waste meat and also splatter salty water around... only okey if you are eating outside i guess.

[@TrishVossDNP_MSN_CNM]

I like mussels steamed in white white with aromatics...first clean mussels, then sauté chopped onion, green pepper, garlic, celery (just a bit-maybe a few small leaves) in butter and olive oil. Add your favorite white wine-I use pinot Gris or Chardonnay-and bring to boil. Add mussels and steam till they open. Their juices combined with the sauté make a great sopping sauce for garlic bread to go with the mussels. Yum!

[@damien1781]

That's one way... there's so many delicious way to cook them

[@TrishVossDNP_MSN_CNM]

Capt. Ned what, you don’t carry wine in your skin bag just for times like these? 😆 plus I’m a little past the millennial stage-unless you are calling me a thousand year old fishing chick 🐣👏😁

[@Mark-rk3pm]

Always great when I see new content from PK. Hope you post Bay Area fishing videos. Thanks, brother!

[@lananieves4595]

When I lived in NZ, I got spoiled by the amazing, huge mussels.

[@Kjellmclean]

We have some out here in Oregon, too... 💪🤭

[@kristinreign8026]

NZ is the best for greenlipped mussels can't get any better , fatter or fresher hah

[@wolfebuilds1024]

Hey PK, I live over here in Bandon and came across some of those really large mussels. I just threw them right on the grill and when they split open pulled them off and added some garlic and butter. I just pulled the tongue out and its root which seemed to be the chewiest part. but with that gone they were very tender and delish. I ended up grabbing about 40 of them and cooked into a cioppino for the guys at work. So maybe just cook a little longer and pull out the tongue? Looks good brother!

[@oregonlife]

Sounds awesome, thanks for the tips.

[@g.e.1432]

Alex seems to have an adorable personality, showing the camera and talking to it.

[@NWF18]

G. E. I am pretty adorable

[@khamleisomsavath7396]

Wife and I just returned to back to Iowa after spending 3 days driving down the Oregon coast from Astoria...loved it. Planning to return and spend more days, do more fishing and mussels hunting and van camping along the beach!

[@AdAstraBaby]

Just found your channel, casually doing nothing on a Saturday. Your vids are very interesting and entertaining. Great stuff!

[@ElDiablo59]

Rita Kaszás 😂 same

[@jamescohn4268]

Couldn’t have said it better myself. Interesting!

[@beetlebsr]

We were at roads end in Lincoln City that week, the minus tides gave everyone access the northern "secret beaches" that are only easily accessible by really low tides. Huge population of giant muscles and barnacles, so much structure was exposed for later surf fishing but that area is protected. The kids were loving the hermit crabs and anemone in the pools. Starfish population looks like it is coming back. The Oregon coast is a treasure to enjoy and protect.

[@oregonlife]

yea, that area is an MPA. And I have to agree, the Oregon coast is an amazing place.

[@noeschmoe9927]

Man, I would not have thought those muscles and barnacles would taste so good. Good job men!

[@crabmaster8698]

thanks for the tips, PK :-) you always get some great finds, and I appreciate how you go through the right tools for the job

[@marksibus2792]

PK, we always collected burlap bags of mussels growing up in So. Cal, we cut them from the Rock's with knifes bought at garage sales...than boiled them up, squired them up and dipped them in butter...much easy with a knife...enjoy

[@blakethornton8578]

Say it ain't so! Making sushi in a tide pool. We'll be right over. Loved this. Too much fun.

[@acsidaho]

using your setup I got 2 surf perch on my first cast down in Lincoln city last week (and about 10 more after that). Never done it before ... twas awesome!. Went out on a rock full of Mussels and wondered to myself if I could pick and eat those ... now I know! next trip. Thanks for your great content and help.

[@terrymcdonald3388]

Great video. I have never tried mussels or goose neck barnacles. I used to use the mussels for bait. The sand shrimp does work great for surf perch too. The outdoors is always a great place to be.

[@conservativetothecor]

Thanks PK...Not sure what Ill ever do with that information...but its always good to know and Ive told you before...I miss this from when I was growing up...so much fun.

[@danarooneo]

I honestly didn't even know there was such thing as giant mussels coming from the east coast. Now I learned something new today.

[@ericslagle5362]

I'm over here chewing on my bicep. Craving mussels. Thanks a lot guys.

[@GPSJayDog22]

Awesome video as usual :-) Learned something new again form your video. Thank you for sharing :-) Cheers, Jay

[@skippickens1843]

Just returned from over seas, great to see your back in Oregon, really glad to find your channel again now have a good place to go and see where and when. Would still like to meet you one day go crabbing and looking for mussels,really like both. Any way, glad your in the area you love again.

[@oregonlife]

I'm living in CA still actually but I visit Oregon about once a month to see my mom. I do a lot of fishing while visiting, so I'll be having videos of both CA & OR.

[@skippickens1843]

Sorry I jumped to conclusions, would be nice if you got back to the land of great fishing.

[@drmbas]

Great video. I'm glad you got up close and walked around. I dont get out. Its was like I was there.

[@BorossAngkor]

Dang you hit the spot, I'm coming over man :D

[@maryluharmon3267]

Fabulous! Thank you, PK Yi! I'm glad you are back in Oregon fishing, crabbing and gathering. I really like your kind of picnics!

[@dougiemac8417]

Amazing footage!!!! The cook and eat was very intriguing. You must be part Chef!!

[@oregonlife]

I'm far and away from being a chef. Just a hungry guy who makes up stuff on the fly.

[@TheJucx]

Oooo maggi seasoning! You must be Filipino! I love that stuff!!!

[@angelinaandzue1068]

Ive found the gooseneck here in New Zealand..but never tried..i will now. Ty 🙏

[@khamleisomsavath7396]

Wife and I are planning on an Oregon coast trip...hoping to do all the stuff on your videos! Thanks!

[@robmoab3410]

Welcome back to Oregon PK! Hope to bonk some fish with you sometime! Tight lines!

[@giveitaswingoutdoorswithsm2901]

Super vlog God Im hungry for Sea food right now 🤓👍🎣

[@RatdogDRB]

Good stuff right there. Love mussels, never heard of eating barnacles, sounds interesting though. I need a trip to the coast sometime.

[@365sacrifice9]

I hope you do more outdoor eating vids like this. Thumbs up PK!!!

[@oregonlife]

Thank you.

[@harrellt1405]

That guy trying the food was pretty chill :)

[@scottwright388]

I didn't see you use my favorite seasoning and you had a bottle of it sitting there. Maggi's is the best and caveman approved.

[@randyarmstrong5658]

Just got back from Portugal where barnacles are a delicacy! They are so yummy!

[@asiaboomstixx3649]

Was this in anyone's recommend videos? It was in mine and I'm sure dang glad it was. Your channel is awesome! Keep up the good work and might I add WOW those mussels are huge! 😲

[@oregonlife]

Thank you very much.

[@asiaboomstixx3649]

@@oregonlife no problem, thank you for sharing your experience with us sir ☺

[@pawaimorikutia1165]

Gee come see our mussels folks in maketu nz.

[@bobvalley2221]

My mouth was literally watering watching this video. Now I need to get some mussels.

[@terrygorwood1476]

Yep! I’m jealous! You see I’m in Louisiana swamp country! Brother your living the life!

[@sa-iw4dr]

Wow that was cool, you need a little pre-cooked from home pasta so at the end of your cooking throw some pasta in at the end of your saute! Oh cool you brought some rice! You got it covered. Looking good.

[@lifeofeels8271]

Nice video! Love the catch and cook! Just fyi for other viewers, hand tools are NOT allowed in California. In California you can ONLY harvest by hook and line or by hands, NO tools. Also before harvesting shellfish, you should call the bio toxin line to make sure they are safe to harvest. You will also need a fishing license. One last thing...goose neck barnacles are not legal to harvest in California. So basically check your local regulations.😉

[@maryluharmon3267]

Wow!

[@Ira88881]

What IS legal in California?

[@lifeofeels8271]

@J G thanks for mentioning that too. 👍🙂

[@lifeofeels8271]

@@Ira88881 I don't know where you are going with that question, but in every state there are regulations for what you harvest. This is for sustainability. For example in Oregon it is illegal to keep female Dungeness crabs but here in California it is legal for recreational fishing. I was just pointing out a few things in response to his video- the tools and gooseneck barnacles. Because I'm sure you know that there are people out there that will view it and think it's ok to go anywhere and just start harvesting without even bothering checking regulations. I see that all the time.

[@lifeofeels8271]

@J G haha great response😉

[@marke.1021]

The jumbo Muscles you showed that was 6 inches plus are great perch bait instead of power bait. I'd often grab 4-5 of them and toss unused back in water when done -free bait- nice video once again.

[@marthamullen5937]

Hit the same low tide series over the 4th of July weekend slayed the cockles

[@kleinboysoutdoors5666]

Love the smoker bought one from seeing it on a fishing video. Thanks

[@aliciaroot2201]

Great videos! I bet those mussels are yummi!! I may move to Oregan!!

[@kaleoariola]

Thats some funky musubis you guys made!

[@QuboCompa]

I live in Baja, every time I head out to the beach I end up eating some mussel and sometimes some clams. Yum.

[@TheTroutHammer]

I wish I could've harvested with you guys. Damn stomach... Still, highly informative, I love it!

[@TheTroutHammer]

@@oregonlife hopefully we get a super low evening tide 😅

[@conservativetothecor]

Still remember my uncle throwing a mess of muscles in a big pot with some onion and butter and a little water...a lid....and he would steam those babies up...Tasted better then chicken...Thank you PK

[@oregonlife]

Thank you. Take care.

[@ricardonuno1694]

PK you got the best that both States offer.

[@kpattenvan]

Yay been missing you!!! I actually get to go to the oregon coast with my family in our old motorhome august 8th thru the 20th. Gonna explore. Great vid

[@oregonlife]

Thanks. Hope you guys have a lot of fun. Lots of places to go and see on the Oregon coast.

[@kpattenvan]

I havent been there since i was like 16. (Use to live in Eugene. Now im in northern Idaho). So im very excited. Thankyou❤

[@ongta1265]

I cannot believe a fisherman like you didn't know and never had goose barnacles, other name is Devil's Fingers, the piece you held. LOL

[@majestik_potato5713]

Cool video, I live about 2 hours away from the coast, love mussels and I want to go catch some myself sometime.

[@catchncookcalifornia1574]

Another great vid man! We would love to do a collab video with you sometime! Keep up the great work!

[@jennc7535]

I am beyond jealous. Where is this?! You are living the dream.

[@patrickbush9526]

Man it looks absolutely delicious wish we had that in Missouri

[@doncharpilloz6520]

Love the channel! Just ordered my first surf fishing rig the other day. I'm in Salem so maybe we'll see each other out there some day.

[@BushCampingTools]

Wow you could have feast there. Great channel! I subbed!

[@ignaciomagana8820]

great video! I love the country I wish I get to go there and do some fishing one day.

[@roncuz808]

Upvote for the catch and cook mussel musubi

[@hanzjensen2154]

We do this kind of thing in NZ, great times!

[@conservativetothecor]

I love walking out during low tide

[@therrienmichael08]

Speaking of pliers you just reminded me I dug a pair metal detecting today.

[@oregonlife]

Nice find.

[@2spooky4me96]

This is great, but to everyone out there considering harvesting shellfish just beware the red tide.

[@2manycatsforadime]

steam them, they come right out of the shell then dip them in lemon and garlic. You can drink a cup of the the steaming juice while eating the mussels. Add a little garlic butter to your cup of juice.

[@BreannaCracker]

Now that is the way to eat sea food, oh I can't wait until get out of this wheelchair....BR549, Deer Park Texas

[@2spooky4me96]

Up here in British Columbia I've seen mussels over 8 inches long on the rocks during low tide.

[@dauntless3899]

Grab the big ones it's totally fine. Wish there's such a place like that near my place tho. Would love to do that too every week.

[@vickydunn9079]

In New Zealand we have horse mussels. 8 inches plus are normal.

[@SandraLThomas64]

Looked like you ripped the mussels in half by opening them before you cooked them. Why not cook it to get them to open? I’m confused

[@matthewharris3986]

"Guy Ferrari in flavor-town, Whoo-hoo" 4:19

[@jonahpedrera8467]

Matthew Harris spelling check

[@inesitaquijano1584]

It is also good if you baked it. Put some cheese on it. Boil it first then remove the other covering, put some cheese then bake.

[@chvishal]

That was fun

[@asiancavemanr7657]

man i'm so freaking jealouse

[@WilbertRamos777]

great video 👍🏻

[@jamesgriffin7711]

Have you ever harvested limpets or turban snails? Maybe do a catch and cook using them. Also those goose neck barnacles are really good to eat. I don't know how readily available sea urchins are in your area but uni is very tasty and harvesting the urchins has the added benefit of being good for the environment. Purple urchins are incredibly invasive.

[@eugenesmith9290]

PK i am from corpus christi tx we do most of our fishing in shorts and flip flops would like to see you do a video on your clothing foot wear etc and cover the time of year for each waders gloves all of it lines tight bro thanks

[@IberianCraftsman]

4:30 we love barnacles in Spain 😋

[@eerob1013]

Sergio Solórzano I was so sad he didn’t open the other part of the shell and just threw it away.

[@IberianCraftsman]

@@eerob1013 yeah, i actually didnt like that part in the past, i dont mind eating it now though. Nothing better than barnacles from Galicia in Christmas dinner. 😋😋😋

[@NorthwestOpenSeason]

Cool video PK! Enjoyed Alec’s video as well. Did you know the old timers would pull mussels off the rocks for surf perch bait?! Just sayin...

[@oregonlife]

Thanks. It was a great trip, had a lot of fun cooking with Alec. Yup, they make good bait too.

[@clarkkent2913]

Big mussels are nice but mussels are strainers. They keep all the dirt they catch during straining. It is wise to get smaller mussels for eating since they did not catch so much dirt from the water. Keep that in mind when catching them.

[@Trystiansky]

Hey PK, great video. I have yet to try percebes/gooseneck barnacles. I've heard they are delicious. I don't think we have them around here around Blaine, WA, but I know they have them up around Vancouver Canada. Sadly, all shellfish are off-limits here right now due to biotoxins. I can't wait for it to open back up. I'm dying to go clam digging. Peace and happy eating brother, -Trystian

[@oregonlife]

Thank you. Hope you're able to harvest them when they re-open. Tight lines!

[@matthewharris3986]

"Guy Ferrari in flavor-town, Whoo-hoooooo" 4:19

[@stevenmajewski3870]

The big ones are good for stock!!!!!

[@dustinnichols7662]

I live in Coos Bay, I'm always looking out to see if I see shopping somewhere... LOL still haven't seen you around the area but hopefully one day I will have the chance to meet you. FYI I love crabbing in Charleston off the docks. ✌️

[@oregonlife]

I crab off the Charleston dock from time to time. Really good spot for dungies.

[@LOYD196]

Got some this last weekend here in California, didn't eat them due to the amount of what looked to be black tar inside the muscle. There was a lot of tar on the beach, the insides just looked toxic and didn't to risk it...so bummed!

[@DeandreSteven]

Good call. Was that in the fall? If so it may have been algae

[@bajra79]

damn that musubi looks fantastic

[@2manycatsforadime]

is there a problem with mussels and clams during different parts of the year? I have read that during a certain months you can get ill from eating these.

[@holyhybrid1387]

I love seaweed I usually buy mine from Costco and we generally eat rice two to three times a day and I love sushi but when you put the ginger in there you lost me lol that's one thing I cant do lol. I like to make fried spam sandwich with the rice and seaweed.

[@kaleoariola]

A spam sushi is a musubi

[@dougiemac8417]

I've never seen this done before. I said the exact same thing. If you like seafood you're in heaven!!! Is that normally the way muscles are harvested?

[@oregonlife]

For the most part yea. People use different tools, but crow bar and a knife usually works for me.

[@dougiemac8417]

@@oregonlife whoa! Awesome!! Thanks again for the great content.

[@terryhsiao1745]

where is this place??? I went to ecola state park..it was great harvesting too. Where are you..edited.. OK SEAl ROCK. PK you know where we can find Uni??

[@theperchjerker]

Ok PK Yi... I have now subscribed to you 😎 You earned it. You fishing in SoCal anytime soon? 🤔🤔🤔

[@oregonlife]

Not any time soon. Got too many things going on up here. Thanks for stopping by - tight lines!

[@callumsimpson3115]

The best tool to pry the muscles of the rock is just use a little muscle haha

[@jbpeterson9725]

Hey PK I’m down here near seal rock and I’m looking for a little bit of advice on how to catch some surf perch, looking for what do you use and where to go if you give me any help I’ll be fantastic!

[@fishbustin7926]

Dip those suckers in some garlic butter sauce. Yummmm...

[@michaelborlaza5343]

Are you a filipino sir? Ang lalaki ng mga tahong ninyo jan na enjoy aku sa video mu sir.

[@oregonlife]

I'm Cambodian.

[@brendanashby6624]

Catch and cook giant muscles I didn't realise you needed to catch mussels they must be incredibly fast

[@elkhunter76]

I bought one of those smoker pans on your recommendation they work well.

[@sandragrant8271]

I wanna eat mussels on the beach! Who are you guys that you deserve mussels on the beach! ( just jealous).

[@ronpeters6615]

Welcome home....

[@juniorw7178]

Omg sooooo cool

[@asiancavemanr7657]

i'm new to oregon and drove up and down tillamook and can't find any place like this where is this place i would really like to check it out any help would be appreciated

[@lauralong6616]

I always enjoy your videos, very educational for me a person who doesn't know much about fishing! I was wondering if you know anything about "stone fish"? I saw this fish on the Internet which is on rocks and it looks like a Stone. It's a very dangerous fish as it has a terrible venom if you step on it. Do you know if we have in USA?