Went out in the Tolman east of the St Marks light where we had such
good luck last year scalloping. We'd heard they were very few and
that was correct. After a couple hours we only had 15 so back in the
water they went.
Went up the St. Marks River as far as Newport and saw three manatees
including a baby. Mom had prop scars on her back. Saw gators and
other stuff.
Put boat back on and went to Sulfur Spring to see all the rednecks
there but could not turn the trailer around so had to continue another
10 miles on seriously rutted road. My kicker mount broke off which
was no tragedy but I will have to replace it. Rutted roads are no
place for boat trailers.
Not bad for a N. FL mid August day.

Certainly better than being scalloped by skunks.

On Aug 8, 8:13*pm, Dr. Isin wrote:
Certainly better than being scalloped by skunks.

A scallop scientist told me that all of the tiny blue eyes of scallops
are of the imaging type and not simple light receptors. Can you
imagine that, a couple dozen eyes each capable of making an image? I
would not have thought a scallop had enough brain power to process
that amount of info. I am going to have to ask him again about this.
Maybe he meant they could form an image on the retina but what if the
retina does not contain the circuitry to process an image.