#1 Live Bait For Surf Fishing (How To Catch & Store Sand Fleas)

This is how EASY it is to catch & store sand fleas for surf fishing!
Sand fleas are one of the best baits you can fish with off the beach.
You’ve just got to find them first.
Here’s how to find sand fleas on the beach to skyrocket your surf fishing success!
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[@panhandlesalt]

This was a fun video to do. Thanks for giving me the opportunity. I have a few more coming ya'll's way packed with educationaly material about surf fishing.

[@lorraineconover5035]

Thanks for the specific advice for catching and keeping fleas.

[@stevenpurvis6195]

I live in Oklahoma, nowhere near saltwater, and this is one of my favorite channels. Thanks for sharing y’all’s knowledge and experiences.

[@JohnnyX262]

Welcome to the Salt Strong family! Thanks for the tips and great video from start to finish. 👍

[@cw5986]

Thank you for the informative, upbeat, and entertaining video. I'm looking forward to seeing more!

[@panhandlesalt]

Working on a few now lol.

[@walterdurand9472]

Nice job Very informative obviously skilled with what you do SS needed more surf related content great organization for all salt water inshore anglers! Great spot for a son to grow up in TU

[@julianheyman5334]

Thank you so much for your tutorial. It was great!

[@tammyjones2382]

Great video! Thx for the tips. Were on the Texas Gulf coast, will look for those when we’re down at the water.

[@1ingigo2]

Wish we had in Texas- Upper Laguna Madre

[@JoeSimondsSaltStrong]

Great surf tips!

[@henrywillis1367]

Welcome to the SS community. Enjoyed the informative content 🎣

[@panhandlesalt]

Thank you!

[@williamboyarski3274]

Great idea about keeping sand fleas alive. If you have any ideas like that about storing ghost shrimp I would love to see them.

[@danielmcgann4065]

Great video. Thank you!

[@weekender38]

Well spoken, good information, THANKS!

[@nathanmorkovsky2855]

Welcome to the family🎣💪👊

[@willoliver2897]

I caught dozens of these today with my kids using this tip to locate them . Thanks

[@panhandlesalt]

Great! I have a few more in the pipeline. I'm so glad it was helpful.

[@Sweetaccord]

That was hilarious. You don't need to run up to get them. After a minute, just stand there and don't move and you can get them.

[@Sweetaccord]

Also, the younger soft sand fleas are more of a target than the older hard shell ones if you don't get bites.

[@EdwardKelly-vi9sg]

HOW DO YOU HOOK THEM...? THANX

[@G0rilla216]

Like most live baits, you may get multiple recommendations but I always hook them through the bottom(where their legs are underneath the shell) all the way through their shell and out the other side. Make sure you run the hook all the way through because they can free themselves if you do not.

[@EdwardKelly-vi9sg]

@G0rilla216 THANK YOU SIR...👍😎

[@danaluannhanna8523]

How much weight do you use? Do you want them to stay put or move with the current?

[@danaluannhanna8523]

How much weight do you use? Do you want them to stay put or move with the current? Am from Ma. Are they basically everywhere there’s beach?

[@G0rilla216]

@@danaluannhanna8523 I know they’re here where I fish at the NC/SC border…other than that I’m not sure. I usually use 1 1/2 oz to 2 oz. I try to use as light a weight as possible without the bait immediately getting blown back in by the surf.

[@matprang4508]

Dude!!! Thanks brother 🙏

[@TheDukePyle]

Excellent, thank you!

[@nicoibzschalin-hr4bj]

Finally a beach guy!!

[@panhandlesalt]

I saw the push. Beach fishing. I rasied my hand lol.

[@ReeLinFishing7]

Cool man!!

[@garytingler3222]

Great info !!!

[@FishingBoggyBayou]

Great video! I've been watching your videos for about a year now. I'm thrilled to see you as a part of the salt strong team!

[@panhandlesalt]

Me too, man. What an honor.

[@KoehlerMath]

Great video-thanks for the tips!

[@ericcorse]

My thoughts exactly.

[@panhandlesalt]

Thanks for watching my friend. Stay tuned for more.

[@cheekclappin96ss22]

Im excited for more content. As a member of salt strong I love all the inshore knowledge I've learned. But end of the day I still do way more surf fishing than anything. Great video my friend.

[@panhandlesalt]

Great! Me too, man. I love the yak, but at the end of the day there is nothing like the beach.

[@FrankLadd]

nice tip on the sand fleas. I wonder if that will work for mud crabs.

[@twocapsjmac]

Sand fleas are my Go-to up hear in the Assateague MD/VA area, nothing better!

[@robdishjr4912]

Used to live there roughly 3 years ago. Great bait. I live in alabama along gulf coast now..... still great bait lol

[@panhandlesalt]

They really are. Thanks for watching.

[@livenhfree]

Good stuff. Thank you! One key question: how to you fish them??

[@Jbennyho]

Those are bigger than the ones we get here on the west coast. We use them for stripers and surf perch on a fish finder rig in the surf.

[@chasebarnard5750]

With fiddler crabs, I keep them in a minnow keeper, with enough water for them submerge in, but not so much that they'll drown, and I'll usually leave a stick in there for them to climb up out of the water on. I guess these are different. They will really die after just a little bit in water?

[@panhandlesalt]

Not necessarily. Their pee kills tem faster. Just keep them washed down.

[@bentaylor4570]

When i was a kid we would wait in the water and move on them from that side. Not sure if these are the same thing as what we called “sand crabs”. They would make a big “V” also in the receding wave.

[@panhandlesalt]

I believe so. Mole Crabs, sand Crabs, sand Fleas.

[@flyingnp4924]

Welcome to SS. Look forward to more content from you. Maybe a silly question, but anyone use these up on NC area

[@G0rilla216]

My father and I have been using them for years. If you don’t have a sand flea rake, you can use a kitchen strainer.

[@lmay4642]

Yes they work great

[@robdishjr4912]

They work all the way up into maryland where I used to live

[@1126robert]

Those are huge!

[@panhandlesalt]

Things get big in the south lol.

[@erockscott1184]

Cant find them on fort myers beach...???

[@20alphabet]

What's the best hook placement, would've been nice.

[@panhandlesalt]

I got a video coming on that. Stay tuned my friend.

[@panhandlesalt]

Coming soon.

[@javierperez2168]

Where can you get a solid rake, like you have? I’ve came across cheap ones. That will not dig like yours

[@G0rilla216]

Until you find a sturdy one…you can use a kitchen colander or a kids beach pail with strainer bottom.

[@robdishjr4912]

I bought a cheap one from Walmart. I have no problem digging them up once u find them. Like u said once u notice it u can't unsee it. If I have some shrimp I will throw then out first and while I wait and watch ill sometimes blind rake and find a small amount. No matter what one u get make sure u rinse it off. Salt water murders everything it touches

[@panhandlesalt]

The one I use comes from Anglers Fishin Mate.

[@SandbaggerJoe]

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