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My family and Steve Brantley's family left after church Sunday afternoon and headed to Dog Island. We camped near the East end until yesterday.
Had a great time with the kids and got some fishing in as well. We caught a lot of trout fishing the grass flats behind the island with bull minnows and finger mullet castnetted along the shoreline. Several times we got humbled by very large fish grabbing out live baits. I assume these were tarpon, since we saw several rolling in the late evening and early morning.
Looked for scallops off Lanark, but did not see any. There were only a few scattered boats with dive flags up, so I don't think anyone is finding many there this year.
All in all, a great weekend. My wife has the camping fever again, so I am sure we have more adventures in our near future.
I launched at Lanark, drove to a nice looking spot on the island, and set up camp. Nobody bothered us at all, no permits, or other items necessary.
There are no amenities, so you have to be able to rough it for a few days. The A/C, hot shower, and cold Grey Goose martini sure felt good when we returned, and I'm sure these bug bite will heal up in a few days.
One word of caution - we did have a couple of boats motor by very close to mine in the middle of the night. Each time we heard them and spotted them with a light. All of our gear was still present in the morining, but I am not sure it would have been there if we hadn't heard them idle by.
One of my coworkers recently had the prop stollen off of his boat while it was anchored offshore from his house on Alligator Pt. So keep a close eye out if you decide to go.
You gotta watch 'em.
