Thread: How about a SCALLOP FEST?

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Originally Posted by huntinslabs

Ok. I see you really did not put much thought into that statement. Go back and look through the slabfest pics again. Not many of us you want pics of on here swimmin. Yall just gonna have to saddle up and make your way down to try it.

I don't want to see you, I want to see what you do when scalloping. Gear, equipment, water, depth, what the heck a scallop looks like in the wild. Stuff like that.

Scallop gatherin' is exactly like an Easter egg Hunt 'cept underwater. The depth does vary just like in fishin', sometimes you can walk around in 3 foot of water not needing to be Lloyd Bridges, but most of the time it is 6- 10 foot with gauging the tide(Low) for easier less strenuous "treadin' water"! Caution flags on boats are legally required while gathering scallops and strict limits are enforced. Reports I've heard have been incredibly good this year, although I haven't been. After the scallops are iced down, they have slightly opened up easing the shuckin' process. Then a shop-vac is used to suck out the innards leaving the muscle(scallop) still attached to shell which you scoop out(a spoon is good, especially after slightly sharpening it's outer edge). Scallops are small but tasty in the GULF, however, though they reduce in numbers throughout the season due to the harvest, their respective sizes INCREASE due to age...just like Crappie.commers do,LOL! Anyway the length of the 2012 season has already been extended. Scalloping really is a group event Just do the math with the boat count, if you can count that high...also, be forewarned for the LONG walk back to the ramp after parking your trailer(especially on the weekends) and also the WAIT time when comin' back in for the day. Repetetive sun screen applications are advised or you will FRY like bacon.

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Originally Posted by Slab

I don't want to see you, I want to see what you do when scalloping. Gear, equipment, water, depth, what the heck a scallop looks like in the wild. Stuff like that.

OK, ya had me worried there fer a minute. Thought maybe that heat wave ya'll been having was playin fits on yer brain.

Hee is a link to a orlando sentinel news article on the scallop season
Scallop season on Florida's 'Forgotten Coast' - Orlando Sentinel

Go on you tube to see some videos of scalloping. We've been doing good around St Marks. last trip got our limit in 30 min for 2. Enough meat to feed 3 for 2 meals, they be gitiin fat!

Thanks John Very nice article. Just sitting here waiting on my new boarding ladder for the side gate of the mother Ship to arrive from UPS Fri then off i go.

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