September SeaCraft Scallop Soiree(*)

[DonV]

Not being a professional scallop digger.......

"Scallop again in the afternoon, unless you've hit your limit"

If you eat your morning limit of scallops for lunch, which will in effect hide the evidence, won't you start from zero in the afternoon??

[Vezo, Part II]

Any computer Gurus with ability to print off a couple of maps, satellite view of the area, including waterways from my house to ramp, and back by boat so I don't have to leave for launches? Main channel out, general location of primary scallop grounds, and channel into Terry's, Circle drive, or are all of our latest and greatest navigation systems able to do it for us. Not exactly sure.

Fish Camp is 4502 Haiti Dr., Hernando Beach/Spring Hill (some systems may require this)

Thanks and prepping.

Vezo

[Bushwacker]

Michael,

The BoatUS ramp locator found 13 ramps in your area. Which one would you recommend? If you can tell me which ramp, I should be able to find it and get from there to your house using GPS. (My Garmin 640 has both marine and street mode.) Looks like your house is pretty close to the main channel into HB from the Gulf and I got your coordinates from Google Earth. Just need to know if there are any shallow spots to watch for . . . there's a lot of thin water over there that covers HARD bottom! Denny

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by Bushwacker

Michael,

The BoatUS ramp locator found 13 ramps in your area. Which one would you recommend? If you can tell me which ramp, I should be able to find it and get from there to your house using GPS. (My Garmin 640 has both marine and street mode.) Looks like your house is pretty close to the main channel in TO HB from the Gulf and I got your coordinates from Google Earth. Just need to know if there are any shallow spots to watch for . . . there's a lot of thin water over there that covers HARD bottom! Denny

May want to switch out to your alum prop.

[kmoose]

Originally Posted by gofastsandman

May want to switch out to your alum prop.

No Doubt! If you hit the bottom in this river it will be rock. Good reason my tank will spend the weekend on the trailer.... You guys in the 20' footers will be fine.

[Snookerd]

I've been there by boat...The best ramp is the one out by the mouth of the river. I bumped rock at idle in the Channel. I will try to post a map where the Rock was.

[Snookerd]

The blue pin is where I hit.

[Terry England]

Originally Posted by Snookerd

I've been there by boat...The best ramp is the one out by the mouth of the river. I bumped rock at idle in the Channel. I will try to post a map where the Rock was.

Only one of many. I am the Port Weeki Wachee Harbor Pilot. Do not deviate from my path. I have skeg scars on all the rocks and a couple of gear cases out there in the river. I may have filleted a couple of manatees too! When in doubt, slow down and proceed cautiously. Just R-E-L-A-X and take in the saw grass and Palm Hammocks.

[77SceptreOB]

South Carolina battalion - Midlands company reporting in...my current local is Clearwater, Fla and will be reporting in at 15:00 at Vezo II fish Camp. If anyone needs any launching or boat-boy help, let me know because I'm flying solo and boatless. WYL 9483 out.