It was still pitch dark as a blunt-bowed outboard skiff ghosted out of the fog and nosed up to the ice-slicked Sorrento Harbor boat ramp early last Wednesday morning. Snow still lay deep on the ground and waist-high banks lined the road but, for the first time in weeks, the forecast called for mild temperatures and light winds. It was an ideal day to join James West and his crew for a day of scalloping aboard his dragger, First Impression.