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Trigger
 
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| Has anyone said what the stock looks like this year? Usually by this time the Fish Commission has given a report on what the harvest looks like for the year?
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Trigger
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| I see a lot of people checking the post but no one from the area replying. Hopefully we can find out something soon. We are going in August.
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Mingo
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Not sure about the stocks but I will be going on opening day which I think is July 1st?. Plan on putting in at pressnells at port st joe
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| I'll be watching this thread as I'm headed over July 19-26. Hope to live off what we catch!
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Ruby Red Lip
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We called Presnells Marina yesterday and they said it looks to be a very good year, the numbers are good and the scallops are larger than last year. We are going down Friday night, staying all week looking for Tarpon until the season opens on Wednesday (7-1-09).
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I have always wanted to do this but I don't know where to begin. Are there some little cottages around there to rent? I'd like to make a few days of it with the family. Are there lots of boat ramps? What is a good area to call base?
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Ruby Red Lip
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| I will be at the state park July 16-18 will report when I get back.
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Ruby Red Lip
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It is a blast; I take the family down every year. We have a home in Apalachicola; the Gibson Inn Apalachicola is a great place to stay. There are two ramps Presnells Marina for boats under 20' and St. Joe State Park for boats over 20’ or you can just walk off the beach and pick them up, have tennis shoes on lots of sea urchins. You will see all kinds of sea life we don’t have in Pensacola horse shoe crabs for example. If you go stay in the shallow water and try the grass beds around Blacks Island, when you get there you will see all the other boats anchored up. Picking them up is the easy part cleaning them takes for ever but if you have a cooler full of cold beer it’s not so bad.
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naclh2oDave (6/23/2009)
I have always wanted to do this but I don't know where to begin. Are there some little cottages around there to rent? I'd like to make a few days of it with the family. Are there lots of boat ramps? What is a good area to call base?Old Saltworks has some cool little cabins that are right on the bay that you can walk right out your back door and get dinner. Talk to Lanny or Racheal from Old Salt works , they manage alot of the properties around the cape.
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We plan on making the ride over this year around the 4th week in July. So far the forcast reports sound good! Maybe we all will be posting some good reports!
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Trigger
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| Thanks Guys, we will not be going till Aug. 16th, keep us up on what is going on. As for the guy looking for a place to stay, Scallop Cove, google it up, cottages are nice, dock for boat, and straight across the bay to the scallops.
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Snapper
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| I think we should post more info on the internet like this, the rest of the world just doesn't know we are gifted with all this beauty and natural resources.
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This will be our first trip over to find some Scallops. Hope we have some good luck. She might not like the grass beds with all the other marine life loaded in them.
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based on my successful scalloping trips last year to Steinhatchee and St Joe bay, plus the absence of any hurricanes in the past couple of years the scalloping should be amazing this summer. I'm planning on getting over there at least two times to St Joe Bay and also a trip or two over to Steinhatchee . Last year both locations were very plentiful and I actually thought the st joe bay scallops had a better taste.
 
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Last year we waited until the last week to go - we didn't get any. This year we're going opening week. When we were there earlier in the spring we saw numerous big scallops & the sea urchins were everywhere, most of them had covered themselves in shells, others had been gutted up on the shoreline (birds eat em?).
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Went yesterday to see my dad, and I went scalloping..I got my limit but it was more work than I thought it would be....there are alot of small scallops (half dollar size) but they NEED to be left to grow. gigged a flounder and also picked up a few blue crabs...good day ended with a family fireworks show and then the drive home....spousal unit had to work today...So, I going to clean the scallops now. There were literally hundreds of boats there and I will wait a few weeks before going again. I will try to get a report from St. Marks....
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Trigger
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| Thanks for the feedback, that is why we wait till august, give them time to grow. were you out close to Black's island?
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Ruby Red Lip
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We have gone out a couple of times and reached our limit each time. Have to do alot of looking this year NOT as easy as in the past..... We are hunting them at Keaton Beach. 
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Trigger
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| Anyone coming back would like a report on scollops, redfish, spec's, and mullet????
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Grouper
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We plan on going saturday. HOpefully have a good report when we get back!!
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| Tyler do you own any snorkeling gear?
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boggs187 (7/16/2009)
Tyler do you own any snorkeling gear?No I can't swim!!!
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We just got back yesterday. The scallops were plentiful. We found most in between 4-6ft of water north of blacks island. All were around edges of grass and sand. If you see 1, looks because we were getting 3-10 in one breath of air after locating 1. Filled 6 person limit each trip in a couple hours.
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Trigger
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We hit it last week and while we didn't limit out - we had a good time and the scallops were pretty easy to find (once I figured out what to look for). Kids had a blast looking at all the sand dollars, starfish, puffers, etc... If I lived closer I'd love to do it again but that drive is a killer.
BTW - thanks for all of the advice on where to go, tides, etc... I had no problem in my Pathfinder but I did pay attention to my chart and left well before low tide... I could see how quick that water was dropping though and how someone could easily get stuck out there.
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im heading out saturday morning for a couple days. anyone have any reports from recently or have a good place to start?? i know because of all the rain and the influx of freshwater they have been a lil deeper but i figured id ask some specifics to save some time
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im heading out saturday morning for a couple days. anyone have any reports from recently or have a good place to start?? i know because of all the rain and the influx of freshwater they have been a lil deeper but i figured id ask some specifics to save some timeBackside of blacks Island Deeper water. My parents and brother went Saturday and limited out in about 45mins to an hour.
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Mingo
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| We went last weekend and were able to pick up quite a few scallops. We would have gotten more, but we got a $102 dollar ticket for fishing without a license. I had a license, it was just on the dock with my wallet. I was swimming. I was able to get out of the large fine, but it still cost me 10 bucks at the court house, after purchasing a $47 out of state license for my wife and I.
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| heading down to apalachicola bay the 14-17th to relax for a while.
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Going 2 weeks from today , any recent reports ??
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Going on Friday till next Saturday!!! 8 days on St. George Island. Scallops, Triple Tails, Reds, and Tarpon are on the agenda. Can't Wait. I'm a vegtable here at work thinking about it.
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