Scalloping in apalach
 

Man the scallops are in.. Got limit in less then hour. 4 gallons.. Going next weekend

OH Man.......stop it!!!! It gets no better than scallops! Congrats!

Best friends cleaning them
 

Oh yea

The thought of loading up on scallops in 5 or 6' of 80+ degree water gives me hungers pangs... Don't tell me - the water is crystal clear, too?
WTG you lucky dogs. Around here you get a misdemeanor on most beaches for digging up a sand crab:rolleyes:

You need to move Gillie.
Mmm, scallops. Pecan crusted mmm. Yum
GFS

Does this mean its a good season in St Joe Bay? Will there be any left by July 27?

Get with locals. Yum.

St joe bay
 

Go behind blacks island.. I have always had pretty good luck there.. We were supposed to go 4th-7th but he rain and thunder does not look good.. I can oly hope thr are some scallops left by then the ed of month... I know this weekend the weather has got people on the shore.. Bu you can find alot just from the road out wading and snorkling... Good luck guys..

NoBones and crew with Capt Shuck :eek: and crew headed to Homosassa
for 4 days with nothing but rain, rain and more rain.
Managed to limit out on Tuesday with fairly good weather!

We still had a great time!
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Way to go, Ken. Happy Independence Day!:cool:

Thanks Martin,

I'm familiar with Blacks Island. If that looks cleaned out, I'll look farther south and west.

Ever collect any of the sun ray venus clams?

Are those the ones with green lips?

triangular, shiny shell, pattern looks like a sunrise, 4-6 inches long, eat good, lips are a little green, but not distinctive.

Love the pictures...nice job Patti!

http://www.walkingtreefarms.com/images/SRVclams.png

Native to the southeastern Atlantic and Gulf coast. Also a relatively new aquaculture species being grown around Sanibel.
Dave

Not what I found but will keep an eye or shoe out. The ones I sat on were creamy white and tan with pale green lips.

Yes green lips or really eyes... We have the ones tat look like the large atlantic scallops.. They remind me of a fan.. Blue heron i have not seen those before.. .Very nice catch..
We got some more this sunday..the wether was nice and the water was not as bad as anticipated from all the rain..

sunday scallops
 

Not as manyas before. but not to shabby either...

Hey Ken,

That place looks like a great place to bring together about 10 to 15 SeaCrafts for a weekend of fun and frolic !!! Hint...hint....:)

Not my catch, I found the pic on the www. The ones I catch look like the ones you catch.:D

There used to be an experimental commercial harvest of Venus Sunrays in St Joe Bay, early 1960's. I used to get them along the south shore of Tampa Bay in the early 1980s, yum,yum. Nothing there now. In a couple of weeks, plan to spend a few days poking around St Joe Bay and St Andrews Sound, looking to see if they are still around(and getting piggy with scallops).

Anybody ever been in St Andrews Sound? part of Tindal AFB, not Panama City. On Google Earth, it looks completely undeveloped and unspoiled.

St. andrews Sound
 

Aka crooked Island Sound.. Yes very virgin waters and beaches. Tydall launches drones there so when they leave you betta leave...
there is news that tyndall airforce base wants to own all the water around that area as well. Which will be bad for boaters hopefully they will not get there way..
There is excellent floudering, trout redfish spanish mac and pompano when in season.
Tarpon have been spotted there aswell... Lots of sharks and stingwrays . Tons of baitfish and mass amounts of mullets...there is a nice little wreck the sipson of the beach on the east side inabout 15- 20' of water.. Hope this helps..
All in all one of my favorite places to fish and gig flounder at night.. Mj

Sounds perfect. Looking at the closed area, it looks like you can legally stay in the Sound outside of the closed area during a drone closure, you just can't leave. Is that right?


Thanks for the wreak. An E. E. Simpson shows just offshore in 17 ft, at what is probably just east of the sound entrance. Is that the one you are talking about? The coordinates in the fishing guides don't make sense. Do you have a position.

Connor

Ah, I found it. But its west of the old pass and not right on the beach. Is there another one?

guys i'm going to ease in here and chat yall both up... Martin i'm with cdavisdb on the numbers for the reck... and for boht of yall.... i am looking to day or overnight trip that way in the next few weeks and my wife and kids love to snorkle and that reck sounds perfect !!! and as there seems to be serveral forum members in that area and i love to meet guys that pour their Heart (cash. lol) into these boats we all love !!! just a dinner or a beer... nice to put faces with names .

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Here was Sundays catch about 3 gallons and a tasty flatty perfect for the fryer whole

pics of sundays catch
 

Ran the intercoastal from my house to st Joe about 1.50...

I meant west of crooked island .. Just out the so called old pass in panama city..

Connor and Ethan lovin it.... Then the big storm..lol

A wonderful age for boating, sticks with'em forever.

Like the name. Family name?

Connor