October
is reserved for recreational scallopers, generally known as family scallopers.
Family scallopers are often doubly blessed with glorious summery weather and
an island resplendent in the colors of early fall, as they wade and splash and
try various methods of pushraking, dipnetting, diving, snorkeling, or simply
reaching down and grabbing, hoping to catch their weekly limit of one bushel.
Photos
and text copyright Jim Patrick and Rob Benchley, 2002
