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The FWC has now posted the 2011 scallop count and it looks like it is going to be a great season in Steinhatchee with a population count of 137 as compared to last year at 54. The count listed below is for a 600sq meter area and compares to the 2010 count

2011 / 2010

Hernando 137 / 32
Homosassa 37 / 77
Steinhatchee 136 / 54
St. Marks 19 / 5
St. Joesph 154 / 154

I hear that the new boat ramp in Steinhatchee should be open by July 1st which will help on the congestion that has been experienced in the past.

Jumptrout51 wrote:They are way too small yet.
Let them grow a few weeks.

He's just used to "small." I gotta "hole" that has some bigguns . Hope to see ya'll out there Saturday!

i will see you there.

with those numbers, is it even worth trying the st marks area? We were planning on heading to grey mare rock...

Link to FWC article from Ocala

http://www.ocala.com/article/20110621/A ... /1402/NEWS

lonesouth wrote:with those numbers, is it even worth trying the st marks area? We were planning on heading to grey mare rock...

Link to FWC article from Ocala

http://www.ocala.com/article/20110621/A ... /1402/NEWS

Unfortunately, looks like no. I'm kind of bummed, as I've heard relatively good things about St. Marks this year from some buddies of mine.

So, without 'giving away the farm' where's the best place to go out of Steinhachee? I've never been there. Always have gone to St. Joe Bay or St. Marks for mine. Any hints out there?

Anyone tried them whole? We got some mussels from olive garden, which are whole, on monday, and it got me thinking what a whole scallop tastes like. Thoughts?

well here is one thread talking about eating em whole...

http://www.spearfishingplanet.com/f51/s ... hing-7473/

Is that a cobia in his avatar?

lonesouth wrote:Anyone tried them whole? We got some mussels from olive garden, which are whole, on monday, and it got me thinking what a whole scallop tastes like. Thoughts?

I would think the shell might be a bit crunchy, probably a good source of calcium though.


All joking aside, I have eaten them whole raw before and found them to be very good. They are a bit sweeter than an oyster to me.

So who's going to be there tomorrow?

Heading toward Grey Mare ~9am

Lots of jelly fish out there today. I will be selling baking soda for a premium.

Chill-N-Grill wrote:Lots of jelly fish out there today. I will be selling baking soda for a premium.

Thinking we may head for St. Joe Bay now...

Got our limit!

My daughter and I limited out at St Marks Lighthouse in about 4 hours yesterday. There were a few small ones but most were decent sized.

Good to hear!

Muddiver wrote:My daughter and I limited out at St Marks Lighthouse in about 4 hours yesterday. There were a few small ones but most were decent sized.

Got a cooler full out of st marks in like two hours.. 25% are small throw backs the other are medium size, worth keeping...