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We went to Snow's Cut today and decided to try some sand fleas over the usual shrimp, we got a lot of hits but no sets. Once the tide went out we got nothing, but the bait kept disappearing. How do you hook one of these things? We tried through the front upper carapace and down through the guts, through the back upper carapace and past the legs, through the bottom and up through the top, everything got dehooked in one cast. Is that just the way it works with sand fleas? #1 · Aug 23, 2016 We went to Snow's Cut today and decided to try some sand fleas over the usual shrimp, we got a lot of hits but no sets. Once the tide went out we got nothing, but the bait kept disappearing. How do you hook one of these things? We tried through the front upper carapace and down through the guts, through the back upper carapace and past the legs, through the bottom and up through the top, everything got dehooked in one cast. Is that just the way it works with sand fleas? Sort by Oldest first Oldest first Newest first Most reactions #2 · Aug 23, 2016 Sand fleas are a pain in the butt when bait stealers are around I avoid them. Frozen ones are even harder to keep on the hook. When I use them I hook through the back and up through the tail Sent from my Z716BL using Tapatalk #3 · Aug 24, 2016 I hook them through the digger and out the top of the shell #4 · Aug 24, 2016 digger even #5 · Aug 24, 2016 I fish them often off the beach, primarily for sea mullet (whiting) and pompano. I use a small circle hook and push the hook through the top front portion of the hard shell, stopping quickly when the barb penetrates the shell. The hook point is hidden. I think you will find that this works best and the sand flea will stay on the hook. Sometimes you will be amazed that the interior (guts) of the flea will be eaten without the fish getting hooked but thankfully not most of the time. Hope this helps. SmilingSam (Charlie Aycock, Nags Head) #6 · Aug 24, 2016 I tries Snows cut this past Saturday, in several different places, with sand fleas, shrimp and finger mullet. I swear there's piranhas in there or something. I could feel the little bait stealers swarmin' my bait as soon as it hit the water. I was trying for sheepshead so the first nibble I felt after the bait hit the water I let'er have it. I snagged several little pin fish in the side, head or tail in the process... To answer your question though. I watched a video on you tube on hooking sand fleas. The guy tore off the tail/digger, put the hook through the belly and stopped just when the hook pierced the top shell. Then they broke the sides off the fleas to expose the innards/eggs. I had several shells still on my hook come back with the insides eaten out. #7 · Aug 24, 2016 fish bites sand flea strip #8 · Aug 27, 2016 If you catch your fleas near the full moon, You should find soft shells which can be pinned to your hook better and will draw more aggressive strikes. With the hard shell fleas, it is a coin-flip. Jim #9 · Aug 28, 2016 They are tuff to keep on the hooks very long!! There are a couple of tricks that "old beach fishermen" use down here: (1) Completely bury a small circle hook thru the body...hopefully the "peckerfish" will leave them on the hooks awhile....or...if you catch one, just fillet it and use for bait. (2) Brine them!! Some GA guys soak them in brine for a pretty long time and toughens them up...and they stay on the hook longer. (3) Have heard of guys "borrowing" stockings/hose from their Lady Friends and cutting them into little squares....put the sand flea in them and make a little pocket with the hook never inside the flea!! Weird, but longtime surf fishermen and guys who try for sheepshead love this method down here. (4) Guy above mentioned Fish Bites strips...and they work GREAT on whiting and croakers too. Some soak them in Pro-Cure sauce and they stay on the hook or jighead long enuff to catch several fish. I had ONE bag of them and it really saved the day for 3 of us fishing off the Mayport Jetties....and 3 of of us kept 77 bull whiting and Big croakers and porgies, and we split those 154 fillets 3 ways.....I now always have a bag or two when I fish offshore with friends!! JohnYaksJax Insert Quotes Post Reply

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