07-04-2009, 09:00 AM
I&#39;m in Steinhatchee, Fla. right now visiting friends, Chris &amp; Joe Jenkins. Great fun... been fishing and scalloping. Season opened Wednesday. Scallops are THICK. Don&#39;t have to hunt for them... just snorkel along and pick up all you want. Hundreds of boats out scalloping. My fingers are raw from shuckin&#39; scallops.<br /><br />We fished outside of Steinhachee yesterday and today. Caught mainly trout on the flats yesterday. Lots of short fish... only three keepers. A CFF friend gave me some coordinates for a rock reef. We went out there this morning and had a blast catching a mixed bag....multiple species... sea bass, trout, ladyfish, sharks, grunts and a couple of other &quot;unknown&quot; species. We&#39;re having sea bass and scallops for dinner. emoHungry <br /><br />Holiday crowd is huge... madhouse coming back into the river this afternoon. We&#39;re giving up the Bay to the Holiday crowd tomorrow and going to canoe the upper Steinhatchee River.<br /><br />Supposed to be a cool fireworks show tomorrow night in Steinhatchee. Life is good and gettin&#39; better every day!