Razor fish is not over used in Torbay to my knowledge, but is big in certain areas of the UK.It is used for bass and other predatory fish.
You will have often seen the shells on the beach.
Approx 1998 on Broadsands an exceptionally low neap tide on a warm summers day saw the beach in mayhem as the tide reached the bottom razors in their hundreds popped up and were trodden on by people in the sea, their feet were cut by the fine shell edge which earns their name and the beach was awash with injured tourists St Johns Ambulance, and the ambulance services.Attack of the Killer Razor fish I think was the Herald Expresses headline.
Razor fish can be brought frozen or can be collected in the following ways. In all cases look for a keyhole in the sand at low water and use one of the following methods.
Salting – tip a generous quantity of Salt into the hole and the Razor fish will pop out onto the beach if not fully out of the sand grab hold firmly and gently pull out from the sand.
Spearing – find a hole and spear with a fine pointed barbed spear.
Digging – find a Razor hole and press the edge of your spade onto the surface of the beach and walk backwards firmly pressing the sand with your spade, making a trail of depressed sand in your wake, when you see a squirt of water dig like crazy and get your prize.
Pick them up – By far the easiest, wait till a big blow and go to any beach at low water (spring Neaps are the best) pick them up from the beach and fish in the surf for Bass there and then.
