On July 15, 2000, Steve Warrick interviewed James Malan “Jim” Rose as part of the Long Island Traditions oral history collection. Rose is a seasoned clammer and gillnetter from Long Island, New York. He was born in Southampton in 1954 and grew up in Blue Point until moving to the East Patchogue area in the 1980s. Rose began his career in clamming at the age of twelve, working part time after school and over the summers. He started out on an old boat that he fixed up himself and learned the art of digging for clams from an experienced friend. Rose practiced long handle raking, and he explains the science of making precise adjustments in the water and finding the best location for digging at a particular time of year. When clamming slowed down in the ‘80s, Rose worked in construction until shifting to gillnet fishing in the 1990s. He provides an in depth discussion of net making and the process of spacing the webbing for different sizes of fish. Over the years, Rose also became skilled in carpentry, which he has put to use building various types of boats. The interview concludes with Rose’s reflections on negotiating fishing territory in the bays and the enjoyment of having a career out on the water.