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Originally Posted by charlie_the_tuna

so where else can you scallop? are there any in the keys??

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

thanks guys, got a few reports this year, looking pretty slim. it's a blast, started doing it 20 years ago with the kids. used to get a limit almost every time we went, now lucky to get enough to make a meal. still a lot of fun

charlie, you can only scallop between north of crystal river to mexico beach canal, fl.

The Pasco Hernando county line is the southern boundry. They go as far down as Tampa Bay, but it is closed from the line south to allow for breeding teritory to the south to sustain the northern Gulf. As far south as I have heard of them beeing seen was Bradenton Sarasota area, but they say it was more or less a fluke. Been a few seen around Clearwater in recent years, but not many. They really prefer the shallow grass flats that the big bend region has MUCH of.

Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

I know they do it on Martha's Vineyard

Different type of scallop. The ones over in the Atlantic are sea scallops, and MUCh larger than the tiny Gulf scallops we have over here.