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I am planning my one and only scallop trip this weekend with my wife, son, and his GF. He loves scalloping. I am 50 min from St. Marks and 1.5 hours from Keaton. Are they still a plenty at St. Marks? I have never scalloped there - only at Keaton. Any hints on where they are out of St. Marks? I prefer the closer trip.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Tight Lines . . . .

Get thee to St. Marks, hang a left as you exit the river mouth/lighthouse channel, head that direction (east) for a spell until you see what looks like what the Germans saw when they looked on the horizon of the English Channel as dawn broke on June 6, 1944, go to that general area, and if you don't get into scallops right away move a little and try again. Rinse, repeat. Go early--it's lots nicer when it's not windy yet. Be in the water scalloping by 10 am at least. Good luck!

They are much more abundant in Keaton.

Ted in Tallahassee wrote:....until you see what looks like what the Germans saw when they looked on the horizon of the English Channel as dawn broke on June 6, 1944....

best description I've ever read...

Ted in Tallahassee wrote:Get thee to St. Marks, hang a left as you exit the river mouth/lighthouse channel, head that direction (east) for a spell until you see what looks like what the Germans saw when they looked on the horizon of the English Channel as dawn broke on June 6, 1944, go to that general area, and if you don't get into scallops right away move a little and try again. Rinse, repeat. Go early--it's lots nicer when it's not windy yet. Be in the water scalloping by 10 am at least. Good luck!

That's awesome

Thanks for the advice guys. I have managed to get access to a private ramp near Keaton tomorrow so that is where we will try. Keeps us away from the crazy public boat ramp scene at Keaton. My guess is it will resemble the English Channel when I find the scallops there also!

Tight lines . . .

There is an option C if you want to avoid the D-Day landing crowds... scallops fairly easy to come by out of Econfina this year, and when I took family visiting out the Saturday before the 4th the boats congregated together out of Econ counted at about a dozen versus in the hundreds. Go during the work week and you may even find yourself alone.

Had a great scalloping trip to Keaton! Picked them up in 2' of water off of Sponge Point. Then went out in front of Grassy Island near the bird rack and finished them off in about 4' water. The four of us almost got our limit - but we got what we wanted. Cleaned them on the water which is much better than the garage! We fried up half of them tonight and they were delicious! The private boat ramp access made it a good day. The public ramp at Keaton was NUTS when we drove by.

Tight lines . . .

Glad you had a good trip Rob!


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i don't know why I never thought to fry them. Got a recipe?

lonesouth wrote:i don't know why I never thought to fry them. Got a recipe?

. Louisiana fish fry.(blue bag) hot almost smoking grease and only cook a handful at the time for exactly 1 min. If you try more at the time they will be soggy not crispy.


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I fish Ecofina regularly but have never scalloped any where and have my granddaughter this coming week anyone have any suggestions about where to go at Ecofina

Bluewave wrote:I fish Ecofina regularly but have never scalloped any where and have my granddaughter this coming week anyone have any suggestions about where to go at Ecofina

. Sent you a pm.


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