scallop report?????

phatdaddy

phatdaddy

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anybody done any good this year?
st joe is slim pickens this year. been twice,first time we got 2 gallons of shells that yielded 1/2 pint of meat. very small for this time of year. second time we went to another spot and got 2.5 gallons of shells that yielded a little over a pint. still kind small.

i think the state screwed up by opening up in mid-june, i know they did it 4 years ago because of the bp spill, but every since they did our counts have been getting worse and worse. there is talk of not opening til aug 1 next year.



did manage to pick these up locally sat afternoon. was supposed to rain, so we didn't go to st joe. got tired of watching tv, so wife and since the whaler was already loaded we went across the bay to hunt the elusive nw fl blue crab.

don't know what i hate worse, cleaning crab or scallop..
 
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notice, all the claws are removed

iced em on the way home

skunk, i gotta get a new go pro, lost mine on the tacoa(?) river in north ga. had it on a head strap on a tubing run, nephew grabbed my arm from behind and jerked me as he was going over a small rapid. once it hit the water it was gone
 
I always worry about that.

you didn't have the orange floaty on it? or was the head strap too heavy?

They have a lot of new versions out now from $129 to $499.
most have built in touch screen.
 


went today for 3 hours, only got 2.5 gallons in the shell, but had some monsters. this is one of the biggest scallops i've ever seen.
we ended up with 2 pints of meat.
 
port st joe, fl 35 miles east of panama city.
population: around 4000
most noted for: scallops and the birthplace of florida. the first constitutional convention was held here in 1838 that led to florida becoming a state. it was a blissful state until after about 1948, then the widespread use of DDT and air-conditioning made it tolerable to the northern weekly visitors as a year round habitat.
 
Nice one Phat, Almost done with Condominium by John D. MacDonald. Did I get that one from you? It's paper back with the front cover a little messed up. Anyway excellent read and your post reminds me of it.
 
don't remember what i sent ya, but i haven't thought of that one in a while. i'll have to go back and re-read it.

fiddler key, right?
 
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don't remember what i sent ya, but i haven't thought of that one in a while. i'll have to go back and re-read it.

fiddler key, right?
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Correct, finished it today. It's one of his longer books, but reads really fast.

Puts a lot of things in perspective.
 
Love John D McDonald. His last book, Barrier Island, was about forming Gulf Islands National Seashore, very interesting.
 
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Love John D McDonald. His last book, Barrier Island, was about forming Gulf Islands National Seashore, very interesting.
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LOL That's the one I'm reading now. Sniped a hard cover first edition off ebay for cheap.

Sorry to high-jack the scallop thread Phat. I feel that if one likes scalloping though, they would also dig John D.
 
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phatdaddy said:
no problem, think the scallop thread is about dead anyway

i love to talk jd

are u still reading t mcgee in order
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A couple of years ago you mentioned John D. MacDonald in a post.

I have read all but one of James W. Hall's books and identify with his character Thorn quite a bit. In one of the later books in the series Hall gives MacDonald a mention that Thorn had the entire Travis McGee series.

Started off with Darker than Amber that I found at a garage sale. Was hooked on John D after reading the first page. Have accumulated probably 75% of the Travis McGee series through ebay, you, and hit the mother lode of 23 John D. books at Goodwill in St Augustine while on a 3 day vacation last year. It was cool to find them all, but kinda felt bad at the same time, because I'll bet some old dude who thinks and appreciates things like us here probably kicked the bucket and his family cleaned out the house and donated them. Have read Darker than Amber, The Last One Left (which features a 20' T-Craft prominantly, John D's personal boat in real life. Chapter 3 especially talks about the boat and mentions the hull's attributes and offshore racing lineage, much like a 20 footer we all appreciate), Condominium, A Man of Affairs, The Deep Blue Goodby, The Lonely Silver Rain, and currently Barrier Island. Gonna amass the entire McGee series completly before continuing it so I can go in order. Only need a few more.

A few years back I was surfing ebay and ran across a black and white photograph of MacDonald running his 20' T-Craft that was selling for cheap, something like 6 or 7 bucks. Didn't really know much about him at the time, but wished I had because it would be sweet to have that picture hanging in the office or garage.
 
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i started to read them after i heard the buffett song "incommunicado" around 1981. has a line "Travis McGee stil in Cedar Key, that's what ol Jonh McDonald has said". had a friend who was working in a book store, so i asked her about it. she brought me a copy of "The Empty Copper Sea". i was hooked.

i also went to University of South Florida in 74 & graduated in 76. while there i worked at the campus radio station. he would come and lecture every now and then. never went and saw him or gave him any notice. always regetted that. also dated a girl who lived on siesta key in sarasota where he had a home. her parents knew him. probably could have met him that way

hind sight is 20-20...
 
I hear they're killing it in Steinhatchee this year and the nearby areas. Nice scallop! That is huge.

I wore my go pro rafting this year and put it on a ball cap fit very tight. When I dive, I always pull a hood over it. I've nearly lost it before.
 
I want to go so bad, but can't find a babysitter to help the wife watching our 2 boys for me to break away and go. With a colicky 2 month old, and a 2 year old with a SERIOUS attitude problem(who gets MANY attitude adjustements daily), it's more than I want to stick her with for a day. Maybe next year I'll be able to go. That and with my hip the last thing I want to happen is get in the water and my hip go out and be stuck trying to fight the current back to the boat. I'm waiting for the mackeral run to come back in full force as I think my 2 year old will ride in the boat for that one.
 
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