Scallop season opens

Are the crystal clear Gulf waters and the wonders beneath calling your name?

Break out your mask and fins! Scallop season began July 1 and runs through Sept. 10.

Anyone who has scalloped before knows the technique of snorkeling along picking scallops off the bottom of Florida's coastal bay areas.

This is typically done in 2.5 to 4 feet of water - an excellent activity for the whole family to enjoy. Other techniques involve wading and scooping up scallops with a dip net.

Word is scallops are plentiful in Steinhatchee, Keaton Beach and Horseshoe Beach. Some even travel to Crystal River to scallop.

Local sources also say scallops are scarce again this year in Cedar Key.

"We've seen a bunch of them out there, just north of the river," said Nathan McDougal Sr. who fishes out of Steinhatchee.

"They said they were out there, near Rocky Creek, pretty big ones," said Trudie Clark with Sea Hag Marina in Steinhatchee of fishermen's reports she's heard.

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