The tastes of fall, you gota love them...
Less then an hour to get a heaping bushel with a dip net (first pic) and a second hour+ (and a couple of cocktails) to produce 8# of tasty nuggets

Oh my!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm drooling

took the discard of the sh#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g and stuffed them into my crab traps, placed them in the pond, the next morning had 1/2 bucket of lively green crabs.

Followed the wise advice of a master fishermen on this board and loaded the boat with these

:drool: :drool: That's not fair :crying: :laugha:

Bernzy

Yup; Nov is my favorite month for fishing!

Man those look so good :drool:

not to spot burn burn but where did you get em,

Shearpen Pond, Sengekontacket?

One of my most beautiful moment on the Vineyard was a late october day at Shearpen pond scalloping.

Great job Jim. Were the scallops in fairly shallow water? I always thought you could only get them deep.

Those look like nice eyes :kewl:

At a bushel an hour your opening at a pretty good clip. Brings back a lot of memories... I used to open for my parents when they went commercially.

Grease up the fry pan and I'll be right over.

Nice catch!! YUMMMMMM scallops....... I love them things.

Ohhhh. my!

man oh man...ya gotta love that island!

Nice man, I got about 60lbs + sitting in my fridge at home.

GEEZ / we use to dredge those in 3' to 7' of water /talk about F #$%^&* up the eelgrass // 6 dredges froma skiff by 7am we had our 10 bushel,s [HEAPED] plus bycatch /awesome Blue Crabs & a few Lobsters


1979 Fall /MEMORIES

Thanks for the pic Sandman :drool:

And Mike is that you :claps:

u stud vetteman

Mr.Sandman,You BassTurd. Trade for Plugs .

And Mike is that you :claps:

u stud vetteman

The one that looks like Gabe Kaplan :hihi:

Always Smilin :kewl:

Great job Jim. Were the scallops in fairly shallow water? I always thought you could only get them deep.
When Wareham and Marion had enough resource to support a commerical season in the early to mid-eighties, I used to get a kick out of the fact that I could be towing along in my boat, and some guy would go walking by me with a dip net! That sure doesn't happen in offshore commercial scalloping.

:biglaugh:

At a bushel an hour your opening at a pretty good clip.
I remember bay scallops being quite a bit harder than sea scallops to open, at least for someone who's never done it. Back when they were commercially viable all along SE Mass, I remember the men & women in the sh#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g houses bangin' 'em out with a OUICKNESS. Offshore we open about 4 bushel in anywhere from 30 to 50 minutes depending on the size (count).

Those look like nice eyes :kewl:
Just think... the last thing the scallop sees before before he's dismantled and his life is over...

salt ponds and lagoons are having a great year. I just dip net (in waders) (waist deep) with the wife (simple pleasures with friends and family).. It is fun to poke around with a peeper and see them all.

I am not that serious about it anymore. (I use to be a comm digger on LI (GSBay) and did scalloping in the winter with a dredge. I just do it for good eats and the fun of being around the water now. (And I like to look at my wife in her waders...it is a bizzare turn-on for me. :laughs: )

I heard the comm guys pulled 600 bushel out of the lagoon last weekend

Scallops are a weird critter...beyond all those eyeballs looking at you, they only live about 1.5 years breed and die (unlike hardshell clams). If we don't take the adults after they have reproduced they will just die anyway and feed the greencrabs. May as well enjoy the harvest. The key to a good harvest is high water quality and eelgrass ponds. I think BeachWalkers Island has the primo environment for scallops, MV is a distant second. I know MV boosts the harvest and grows them in cages Nantucket is all natural harvest.

Sandman..When we were over there one of the guys we were staying with got some..They were awesome for sure... :drool:

Sandman..When we were over there one of the guys we were staying with got some..They were awesome for sure... :drool:

I'm pretty bummed that I missed Louie's scallops. :(

ScottM...They were soooooo good.... :humpty:

ScottM...They were soooooo good.... :humpty:

Tell me about it. One night a couple years ago, Louie sauteed some scallops and baked some sea bass, while Mark G cooked up some of the best calamari I've ever had. That was a feast to remeber. :D

My mouth is watering! Tell us how you prepared them. Fired, baked, casserole???

My mouth is watering! Tell us how you prepared them. Fired, baked, casserole???

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:hee:

would i find the scallops around the upper cape and buzzards bay?

Gotta love bay scallops. Plus with this weather we're having it would be downright balmy pulling an innertube thru Sengekontacket..... beats commercialing in 30 degree weather in Pogue anyday.

Nice!

Mr. Sandman,

I have a Quick Question on How you got the Scallops was it using a Dragging net? I have a 20 Foot Whaler Outrage with a 13 Yamaha on it, was wondering if it was possible to pull a Scallop Net? :huh: Any help would be greatly appreciated, always wanted to do it!!!

Thanks,

Ante

I have a Quick Question on How you got the Scallops was it using a Dragging net? I have a 20 Foot Whaler Outrage with a 13 Yamaha on it, was wondering if it was possible to pull a Scallop Net? :huh: Any help would be greatly appreciated, always wanted to do it!!!

A scallop "net" as you put it, is actually a steel dredge with a "net" made out of steel rings attatched to it. To purchase a dredge all made up can be quite expensive. Very often more than one is required. You might be better off just buying bay scallops at the supermarket, although that is not nearly as much fun nor as satisfying as spending a day out on a bay running your boat and catching your own. Your boat should be able to tow at least one dredge. A major drawback of dredges is that they tend to destroy the fragile eelgrass in which the scallops live, and eelgrass is a very important part of that particular ecosystem. You might consider a dip net. Just like any other kind of fishing, there are things you have to know; where to fish, how much tow rope to use, how fast and how long to tow. Also, a licence is required for whatever municipality you plan to fish.
More info on dredges:
http://www.ribbrakes.com/scallop.htm

Thanks for your info!! I know that they quite Costly to buy and maybe the the actual dredging isn't worth the scallops!! The damage to Eel Grass and the bottom surface is quite extravagent I have heard!! I was told my 130 Yamaha would be fine doing it, I just wonder if it is worth it!! Thanks again!! There realy is no other way to get them besides Diving, I assume!! Unless your Clamming spot is somehow filled up!!

Thanks again!

Ante