Sand Flea

[cpete]

Anybody know the best way to hook a sand flea onto pompano rig (where on the sand flea) so I don't cast it right off. I was able to catch a half dozen about the size of my big toe. I'm not expecting to catch much if any, but I thought I'd wade out and throw it past the sand bar and see what happens.

I've got my license too.

Thanks!!

 

[Kurt]

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

 

[Lady D]

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.

 

[TooFarTampa]

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

 

[TooFarTampa]

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

 

[Lady D]

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.

 

[John]

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

 

[Lady D]

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

 

[Landlocked]

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