Sand Flea

Right through the gullet so you pierce the shell. The hard shell is pretty tough and helps to keep the flee on the hook.

:blink: Isn't a sand flea what I considered a sand crab, well when I was young anyway. They are about the size of a thumb and are gray with a hard shell and burrow under the wet sand. I used to scoop up handfuls of sand all the time just to try and catch them.

What is a sand flea anyway? :idontno: I thought it was a no-see-um or something like that.

LDB we posted at the same time. Why would you want to catch one of those? Yuck! :floor:

I know. These things I used to catch when young were gray and the size I stated and had a rounded looking back. They had little feet on them. But these were not what I considered no seeums! I was a kid. And you know kids, they catch anything! Too Far Tampa, I have put a picture of a sand flea and sand crab both under the general photo gallery. I have tried to get a picture in here but never seem to manage to be able to! The sand crabs are what I used to catch in the wet sand when I was younger.

Not really "fleas" but a Mole Crab. http://www.cryptozoology.com/gallery/display_picture.php?id=3239[/URL]

John, those are what I used to catch. That mole crab and the sand crab picture I found appear to be the same thing!

Sand flea. They're my buddies. Just jab a hook through them and let them fly!