Are these Pippies?

[CremeDeLaCreme]

I was walking the beach at Rosebud and found heaps of these in the sand.

They do have a little bit of meat inside them.

Are these actually Pippies or something else???

Are they any good for bait?

Obviously will be collected outside the intertidal zone. :thumbsup:

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[Brett]

We used to call them cockles.
Yes they are an ok bait, especially if used where found.

[vinhii]

im pretty sure they are a form of pipi as you can eat it ,.. cause i see them at the seafood market

[GummySlayer]

They are pippies.. And there are PLENTY around rosebud area. As a kid a mate and i pulled in about 3kg of them, and got his grandma (italian) to cook them up! Delicious.

[fish99]

they are cockels,used to fish with a mate that lived down there.he never used them,i used them fishing in the same boat as him,he used pipi/squid cocktail,i used the local cockels as in your photo.he bagged out ,i got 3 fish only due to the cockle falling off and the whiting taking the squid strip.next trip used pipi/squid cocktail and bagged out.no more cockels for me.

[Lajon]

know of a few people who use the squid/pipi combo.... really makes sense with the delicate pipi sometimes even falling off before it hits the water....

[Master-pro]

they are cockles

[Tonyzee]

No not pippies but work similiarily.

[vinhii]

definitely tastier than pipis