How To Catch & Store Sand Fleas For Surf Fishing
- By: Luke Simonds
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This is how EASY it is to catch & store sand fleas for surf fishing!
Sand fleas are one of the best baits you can use from the beach.
You’ve just got to find them first.
Here’s how to do it!
How To Catch & Store Sand Fleas For Surf Fishing [VIDEO]
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Blane Roberts from Panhandle Salt Beach Fishing put this video together to provide further insight on sand fleas and their effectiveness as bait from the surf.
Pompano, whiting, redfish, black drum, and more love to eat sand fleas off the beach.
Spotting these little critters is key.
Once you get that down, the rest is easy.
It’s easy to spot them in the summertime but it’s a lot harder in the colder months.
It almost looks like the sand is boiling.
As a wave retreats back into the ocean, the sand is pulled off of the sand fleas back exposing them.
They will try to dig deeper at this point.
Anatomy Of A Sand Flea
At the top of the sand flea are little antennae that are actually its eyes.
Additionally, they have a flap beneath their legs that acts as the digger to dig down in the sand.
This also protects the eggs inside the flea.
Steps To Catch Sand Fleas
Once you spot a pod of fleas near the water, you want to stay behind them and stay quiet.
They can feel your vibration through the sand.
One scoop in the target area could be all the bait you need for an entire trip.
Storing Sand Fleas
When its time to pack up and leave and you’ve got a full basket of fleas, you can always store them for the next trip.
You never know what the beach will provide on your next trip out.
It can be tough to find sand fleas on your future trips.
To safely store sand fleas, you need two 5-gallon buckets.
Drill holes in the bottom of one of the buckets.
And you will also need an ice pack of any shape.
First, drop a couple of ice packs into the bucket without holes.
Take the bucket with holes and slide it right on top of the first bucket.
Then, drop the sand fleas in.
About once every four hours, you’ll want to rinse down the bucket with fleas with water.
This will keep the sand fleas happy and live for the next morning of fishing.
Also, if you’d like to learn more about Blane and check out more of his surf fishing videos, click HERE to head over to his YouTube channel!
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Outstanding video! Very informative.
Would be interested in a video on how to properly hookup the sand fleas. Thank you,
Here’s a link to that exact lesson: https://www.saltstrong.com/articles/how-to-rig-sand-fleas/
What about freezing sandfleas?
Great video. Thanks! Joe
Bait
What type of artificial or live bate is the best to use at the jetties?
Depends on what you’re going after. My favorite all-purpose lure is the Prawn USA Jr rigged on Hoss Weedless Football jigheads because it’ll catch a wide variety of species while having a low risk of getting snagged on the rocks.
Are sand fleas on the beach in the Corpus Christi area, and at what time of year?
Best vid on sand fleas I have seen👍
So glad to see that you enjoyed this lesson!
Great tips. I used to catch them all the time when I lived in San Diego, but where are they on the Gulf Coast of Florida?
Not sure where you’re located, I can’t speak for the panhandle area but in the southern part it’s like this..Go to the shoreline preferably an outgoing tide before it gets too low, notice the lip where it slopes off quick..like where you’ll see the snook cruising alongside, that edge. That’s where they are. In my experience, it is nothing like the East coast or even the panhandle area where you’ll see them in the sand, because we generally do not have that big surf that washes the sand off them leaving them exposed. Another thing is all the busted up little shells in this area..which also makes things more difficult and is another reason why they aren’t seen. But they are there. Just gotta go to that edge area I mention and start digging. They won’t be revealed like you see in the videos where people are making it look so easy. It is misleading because they make it seem it is like that on literally any beach. It isn’t. Each area is different.
How to hook
That lesson is coming soon.
Yea Luke i have been trying to use my 50 dollar credit but it won’t let me I guess I need help
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