His biggest scamp specimen was a 25-pounder caught on a bandit boat off Fort Myers.
Bullock describes ideal scamp habitat as hard bottom with rocky ledges and plenty of nooks and crannies.
"Scamp prefer a lot of relief and hiding places," Bullock said.
"Scamp are more wary than gags and reds, so they're harder to catch.
Of depth ranges, Bullock offered this: "On the west coast, you can find scamp on reefs in 30 feet of water, but they're juveniles.
Running out of John's Pass on Treasure Island, he looks for hefty scamp in the 200-foot-plus range over hard bottom.
"And if you get a rock pile in the middle of that thick, hard bottom, that's usually a good spot for scamp."
Maybe the SCAMP did not get the publicity and promotion it deserved throughout the fielding process.
This deemed the SCAMP a "general purpose user" piece of equipment with no dedicated operator MOS assigned to it.
Since it was a "systems" issue (satellites and terminal use must be carefully planned), using the SCAMP required a competent planner who was trained on the EHF communications planner tool to plan networks and build terminal images.
Over time, personnel changes and the failure to use and maintain perishable skills broke the continuity of expertise needed to sustain the skills required to operate the SCAMP. Use of the terminal fell into the "too-hard-to-do" category.
Granted, the SCAMP is packaged in two large cases that may be a little cumbersome to jump with from the door of a C-130.
In any of these scenarios, the SCAMP can provide you protected voice and data links to get the job done.
The cost of employing a SCAMP is one SAR, (that's a Satellite Access Request, not a Saudi Arabian Riyal).
