sea snail ID

Anyone know if this is edible (and legal to harvest) ?

Some of the guys who went crabbing at HMB today had a lot of these critters stuck on their traps....

I can't remember what they are called. I believe it was Hamachijohn that told me they were good.

My guess would be a Giant Western Nassa (Nassarius fossatus) but I have no clue if it is edible.

 
  Euwwww....

I agree with captwiggy....

I used to have the smaller Nass. snails in the tank when I had a saltwater setup...never even considered eating them !  lol   Then balut never really appealed to me either !  lol 

Joel, you havent lived until you wash the sand off and suck one of those right out of the shell and eat it. Oh hell YES!

Joel, you havent lived until you wash the sand off and suck one of those right out of the shell and eat it. Oh hell YES!

Really ?!?!  Lol.  Gives new meaning to fresh escargots !  (which I do love !!)

+1. If your squeemish, use a toothpick. Btwm it's a great appetizer, so bring your beverage of choice to the beach!

Joel, you havent lived until you wash the sand off and suck one of those right out of the shell and eat it. Oh hell YES!

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Mooch, it's one of my favorite sea snails.  If you want to try it, I'll post the recipe.

I must have caught 100 of those little bugers at HMB today and in no way sence or form did i even think it was edible..lol

They were all over our nets today at Doran, too.

This is California,,,,,,,,,,better check the regs before you go harvesting, I know there are some snail regs, not sure if they apply to these,,,,,

Abalone and moon snails are the two snails that have specific regulations, so the snail pictured would fall under general mollusk regulations. That would mean; You can only take them by hand or hook and line (can't keep them from your traps), and the limit is 35.

Abalone and moon snails are the two snails that have specific regulations, so the snail pictured would fall under general mollusk regulations. That would mean; You can only take them by hand or hook and line (can't keep them from your traps), and the limit is 35.

Thanks for the info Rick.

Abalone and moon snails are the two snails that have specific regulations, so the snail pictured would fall under general mollusk regulations. That would mean; You can only take them by hand or hook and line (can't keep them from your traps), and the limit is 35.

Thanks for the info Rick.

You could take them by hand..off the side of your trap!

 

Just kidding...

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim