Diving for scallops in Maine w/video

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• Jan 20, 2014

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Here is a video I shot with a gopro last week. I was diving for scallops in Maine. Water was 35'-75' deep and water temp that day was 35-37 degrees. We ended up getting 83 pounds for the day.


Scallop Dive In Maine 2014 - YouTube

 

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• Jan 20, 2014

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Nice! Did you eat them all or sell some?

 

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I take one bag down at a time that has a float on it. The tender in the boat above can keep track of where I am by looking for the float. There are other boats in the area, some using a drag to fish for scallops. If the tender sees the dragger boat come near my float he can keep them away from me. There is no line connected to the boat. Thanks for watching the video.

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Nice! Did you eat them all or sell some?

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I sold them all. Thanks for watching the video

 

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• Jan 24, 2014

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Awesome! I want to try that. If that was the water temp, what was the air temp? What kind of glove were you using, couldn't quite make out what they were?

 

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• Jan 25, 2014

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Air temp that morning was around 5 degrees

 

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• Jan 28, 2014

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What brand/type of glove were you wearing? I cannot believe your fingers were not frostbitten.

 

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• Jan 28, 2014

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[h=1]I was using Bare Sports 7mm Three Finger Mitts. I have been using 5 finger gloves that were 3/5mm thick, these have been much warmer so far. [/h]

 

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• Jan 29, 2014

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I have a pair of the three finger mitts which I find very cumbersome, but the five finger gloves do not keep my fingers warm in very cold water. I would like to try ice diving at some point, so need to find better gloves. Thanks for the info.

Again, thanks for posting the video. I would never have imagined you could dive Maine in the middle of winter.