_______Originally Posted by JD7.62
Look in the shallow waters along sandbars and gravel beds.
There are huge mussels in the Tombigbee River in AL and they live in the shallow waters along sandbars and gravel beds; I have also seen them in creeks. They are dark color, have an oval shape, and look like huge creek gravel underwater. Their shells open and close similar to oysters and, although I've never tried it, I am told they taste like raw oysters. I've seen people walking along the shallows picking up the mussels and opening them with a knife. They cut the mussel loose from the shell, sprinkle it with either salt or hot sauce and eat it like oyster on the half-shell. It is usually washed down with Jack Daniels or Budweiser. "mussel fil le' drunk." lol I don't think I could get drunk enough to swallow one of those things.
There are "gazillions" of things that look like zebra mussels in the Holston River in TN. I guess that's what they are called, they're about the size of a quarter, black with white stripes on the shells. I'm not sure but I think it may be the same type of mussels that are blocking intakes of city water supplies in some cities. Have heard those little buggers will hitch rides on boats and other watercraft but I don't know if that's true. Some birds like cranes, herron, and other waterfoul eat them.
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