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Posted On: 10/13/2018 8:49:58 PM
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Salty, I think I told you my shrimping story before, but here it is again. My folks lived on Key Largo in the winter from 1981 - 1987. They lived on a man made channel that led to Blackwater Sound. Government Cut led from Blackwater Sound to othe channels that led to the ocean, all available by boat.
In December - Feb when the tide was going out around sunset we'd just anchor the boat on the side of the Cut, had lights on the side of the boat. The shrimp would rise to the top to get a free ride on the current going out on their way to the ocean. Our lights would light up their red eyes, and we'd just scoop them up, usually one at a time. My mom loved it and demanded the front of the boat to get the first shot, lol, dad in the middle an me in back. If they were running we'd get a hundred . If not running maybe 20 to 30. I just visited them for 2-3 weeks in the winter. One night alone they got a little over 400 and one was like 8 inches long, and others nice sized as well/. I got the photo.
When the tide was wrong, my dad and I went out looking for blue crabs. They would float kind of sideways on the top of the water in the cut and other channels. You could not shine the light right on them or they'd dive. Sometimes none, one night 50. We did not do much of it, they were to hard to clean for a little bit of meat.
It was fan, dad had a heart attack and want to move closer to a Vets hospital, so them moved to Cape Coral for their winters. No shrimp there. The Key Largo shrimp came for the everglades which are south of Cape Coral.
I never saw shrimping like in your video. I have a hunch it might have worked in Blackwater Sound during the day.
Government cut is at the bottom of the map, the blue line where it says Bass Avenue. My parents home was on a channel just to the left of the cut.
https://mapcarta.com/20641980
In December - Feb when the tide was going out around sunset we'd just anchor the boat on the side of the Cut, had lights on the side of the boat. The shrimp would rise to the top to get a free ride on the current going out on their way to the ocean. Our lights would light up their red eyes, and we'd just scoop them up, usually one at a time. My mom loved it and demanded the front of the boat to get the first shot, lol, dad in the middle an me in back. If they were running we'd get a hundred . If not running maybe 20 to 30. I just visited them for 2-3 weeks in the winter. One night alone they got a little over 400 and one was like 8 inches long, and others nice sized as well/. I got the photo.
When the tide was wrong, my dad and I went out looking for blue crabs. They would float kind of sideways on the top of the water in the cut and other channels. You could not shine the light right on them or they'd dive. Sometimes none, one night 50. We did not do much of it, they were to hard to clean for a little bit of meat.
It was fan, dad had a heart attack and want to move closer to a Vets hospital, so them moved to Cape Coral for their winters. No shrimp there. The Key Largo shrimp came for the everglades which are south of Cape Coral.
I never saw shrimping like in your video. I have a hunch it might have worked in Blackwater Sound during the day.
Government cut is at the bottom of the map, the blue line where it says Bass Avenue. My parents home was on a channel just to the left of the cut.
https://mapcarta.com/20641980
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