Shrimp-a-thon / Learnament – CANCELLED
When:
TBD – Saturday, August 25, 2018TBD – Depart Crystal Cove Marina in Palatka at 8:15-8:30 AM.
Where:
Contact:
Ed Ellett on VHF channel 9 at the River. Please RSVP to Ed (331-8044 or Ed@EllettIns.com) if you plan to attend. Call or e-mail if you have pre-trip questions too. Last minute participants with no RSVP are welcome.
If interested in going, yet, don’t own a boat, let Ed know, and, he will seek to match you with a Captain with extra space. It is appropriate you offer to help your host Captain with trip expense. A call to Captains: if you have extra space, and, can host a guest, please let Ed know.
What to Bring:
1) Shrimping Cast Net (webbing on perimeter (helps it open on way down))
2) Gloves – pulling long, wet line can be rough on the hands
3) Button-less shirt – amazing how a cast net can find/tangle with a button at the least opportune time! The new GOFC, long sleeve T-shirts are perfect.
4) Five gallon bucket to measure a boat limit, towel to cover, extra ice to keep shrimp cool as accumulate
5) Laundry baskets/plastic washtub to flush net of shrimp after throws
6) Saltwater fishing license/all boat safety gear current
7) Cold drinks and appropriate warm weather clothing, including an extra shirt – yes, it will be hot!
8) Sometimes, extra rope to tie to/extend your cast net rope.
Trip Plan:
Based on initial scouting report, the plan will be to shrimp on/near telephone wire crossing opposite side of river from Crystal Cove Marina. For those who feel the need to use more boat gasoline than a gallon J, ask Ed for tips on areas to explore.
Event Duration:
Captains choice – ie. When a limit is filled, or, you are exhausted.
2017 Photos
2016 Photos
- Caravan readying to go this morning.
- Virgil Cooper throwing ten foot net in fine form! Tim Pederson and wife, Linda, admiring throw.
- Tim Pederson nice throw – Virgil and Linda getting ready.
- Charles Allen showing nice shrimp haul – 30+.
- Ken Knopf throw opening up nicely.
- Mike Browning nice throw, Chic Hinton bringing in a haul.
- Crystal Café lunch celebration/sharing stories.
- Kevin Poe and Greg Booker showing their five gallon boat limit.
- Curt Eichel, Captain, & Michela Mertz friends Eric and Jasmine – Eric throw.