After a busy weekend in Homosassa I took a good client out during the week for a scallop trip. No crowds, great weather, beautiful water and plenty of scallops. They had they’re limit of six gallons in about two hours of on and off snorkeling with a few breaks. The depth was about seven foot with no current and 88 degree water. We were just north of the Homosassa channel. On the ride in through the St. Martins Keys mullet were thick and jumping, Frigate birds soaring without a wing beating plus porpoises chasing the boats wake surfing in a joy that only they know. Back up river we dropped off our scallops to be professionally cleaned by one of the many folks along the idle zone on our way to the springs. We traveled up past the bridge to an area I was very familiar with because my uncle had the house at the very tip top of the head waters. I always kid people about how cold the water is because I have to change my name from William to Wilma when my body hits that water! This is a special time of year that things slow down some and we still have about a month left to go scalloping. In my opinion this is the best time to go because the meat is at it’s fullest and the weekday crowds are non existent, weekend crowds on Labor Day can be bad but each other weekend is not to bad.
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