Quahogging

The following images are from the "Barrington Beach Opening" that took place in 1982 and again in 1985, where thousands of quahoggers converged on a small body of water in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.  This area had not been worked for over twenty years because of the drainage runoff that polluted the waters in and around the mouth of the Providence River.  This historic event is featured heavily in our book, Swim That Rock.

Barrington Beach, 1982 (photos provided by Greg Murphy)

(the following photos provided by Larry King) 

The 'Legend', Greg King with his haul, 1985 

Rosemary King, counting quahogs, 1985

 Greg King changing his rake, Winter 1985

This site is dedicated to the memory of Greg King,
one of the greatest fishermen we ever knew.