Sheepshead Fishing with NEW Lure ** CHEAP TEMU CRAB **

Will this CHEAP Crab Lure catch sheepshead?? In this video I head out kayak fishing for sheepshead around these bridge pilings that are absolutely LOADED with BIG SHEEPSHEAD! The Lure that I am going to be using is the TEMU SOFT CRAB and the Cranka Crab. The goal is to see if I can catch these sheepshead on this CHEAP CRAB!!
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[@kenp247]

Thanks Nate, for another action filled video. Awesome job !

[@southernsalt]

🙌 thank you!!

[@user-hi2bb4cg3y]

Thank you, you always bring new things. God bless.

[@southernsalt]

🙌 thank you!!

[@westfallframing7896]

Thanks Nate!

[@southernsalt]

🙌

[@bamabear1776]

Love your vids! Congrats on the tournament win,and keep up the good work!

[@southernsalt]

Thanks brother!!

[@ronmixson7637]

Another great video. I was thinking about ordering some of those temu crabs but you changed my mind. Thanks for this type of video. Loved it!!!!!

[@southernsalt]

🙌 I might look a little deeper and see if I can find something better

[@BigBass-xf5yi]

Damn. I love Sheepshead fishing. This looks like a lot of fun

[@southernsalt]

It’s a blast for sure!!

[@WheelTek86]

Man that last fish -Red fish was a beauty, keep making these videos i appreciate your skills.

[@southernsalt]

🙌 thank you, got more on the way!!

[@nathanankersen4695]

The best part about these artificials is you avoid the inevitable bycatch(catfish, stingray, etc) you see with live shrimp. Awesome video once again.

[@southernsalt]

Very true brother!!

[@micbarca9777]

Great video making me miss saltwater (we live in Utah and I used to drive OTR travel trailer delivery). I'd always hit Alabama, Florida, N and S Carolina. Unfortunately gas prices are bad and can't make money so been 8 months since I've been on saltwater. Craziest thing I used is bacon for flounder. Love the channel!

[@southernsalt]

Man I hope you can get back at it soon!!

[@johngraves3170]

It's really refreshing to see a fisherman that's a real sportsman I'm not just a greedy person that always wants to overfish our waterways

[@iamtinaexeinmyopinion]

But other people maybe hungry, why not give it away?

[@pamelaasbell4200]

I used to catch Red fish like that all day long down in New Orleans. Also, we used to catch Sheep Head also some of the best fishing I have ever done was down there in New Orleans.

[@JosephEspich]

Love the content! Once caught a smallmouth bass on a metal soup spoon up in Canada (Lake of the Woods). Attached a swivel on spoon handle and treble hook on other end! Buddies fishing with me bet me it wouldn’t catch. Won a few beers after the first smallie was landed .

[@southernsalt]

Very nice!!

[@wiiwanna]

Awesome content! Please do a experiment with using shrimp heads or just blue crab legs for bait. Many seafood places will give those things away for free.

[@donaldmiller9648]

Seen Red Holland pick wild grapes off vine over river and catch channel cat using them...miss his videos. Thanks for Sheep head videos. Brings back memories of my mother loving to catch them from bridges in Eastern Florida as a kid...considered them the saltwater crappies...:-)

[@southernsalt]

🙌 🙌

[@johnholmes6897]

I used the spinal sinue from hogs to catch trout. I worked for a butcher shop and the owner told me that brown trout would go nuts for it in Germany. So i tried it. It worked well

[@miamiwax5504]

Great vid. I love content like this!

[@urbanbackyardcontainergardenin]

Great video 😊

[@southernsalt]

🙌 thank you!!

[@mailmusic]

I really appreciate that you let us no if you use scent or not.....that seems to keep me guessing as to when or not to use scent.

[@southernsalt]

Man to be honest I hardly ever use scent. I don’t find that it helps a whole lot but with sheepshead it can make a difference

[@mailmusic]

I often wondered if it really helped or not. I haven't really caught while using it. @@southernsalt

[@joeybollinger5278]

It can’t hurt brother

[@thadude4426]

Crazy!!!!!! I just ordered these this am. And I run across this vid

[@southernsalt]

That is crazy lol

[@kennethlocke4213]

Temu has a squid imitation you should try. White diving lipped crank bait with a big eye on the back end of it. White soft plastic skirt tentacles on the back end. Amazing how much a bass lure looks like a squid. Lipped diver means you can fish the entire water column with it.

[@southernsalt]

I’ll check it out

[@paulwelch5570]

Great video I got 4 nice ones Sunday

[@southernsalt]

Awesome brother, Sunday was a great day for us as well!

[@josephmatheny9429]

Been using the cheaper crabs for a few years. Spray gulp on the foam claws. They work great

[@southernsalt]

I used procure but nothing on this day I’ll have to give it a few more tries

[@LarryBoyfishing]

My dad & I watch u,& I started a you tube,I only have 3vids up,fishing in Palacios tx, but limited out twice!& have it all on my gopro

[@southernsalt]

That’s awesome man, keep it up!!

[@AllSportsStations]

Another great video. Craziest thing is my own lunch. lol I used the bread, the cheese, the meats and even some cheese puffs...caught blue gill and catfish.

[@southernsalt]

Heck yeah lol!!

[@Alex-Trejo]

Would be awesome if you make more videos using Temu's fishing lures. Especially the imitation hairy dice lure. There's a hairy dice lure that's 12mm, that should be great size for sheepheads. As a kid I caught 2 small speckled trouts with bread and 3 bass with a line of about 15 yellow corn with a hook at the end. I fished it as a swimming worm.

[@southernsalt]

I got some on the way!

[@Alex-Trejo]

@@southernsalt Can't wait to see the coming videos 👍

[@Davvid1]

I used to use, the really old pull tabs off of Cokes and beers. Tie it on my hook and use as a lure

[@southernsalt]

Nice!!

[@bearbuchanan8341]

this is MrBear from florida to answer your ? i used to role screen in pools porches extra, i was working on a job with a pond behind it so i tride a top water no good so i got rid of that and put on a six inch or so of black 220 round spline to hold screen in and used it like a worm and got a 4 1/2 pound larg mouth . so a peace of spline will get fish.

[@southernsalt]

Nice!!

[@fishinmagician81]

DANG Nate when you pulled out that Temu Crab and told us the price I got excited ,I,ve got a few Cranka Crabs ,but the price point isn't worth losing to break offs etc.. Yes I tried larger crab versions and the sheeps won't touch them... I wish Temu made a smaller version... Great content as always ...Thanks For Sharing.. Oh and the two weirdest lures I've ever used were 1) a bottle cap bent around a hook and caught several Bass and a catfish on it. 2) I lost all the lures I had with me only a few and took apart the cheap watch band I had on tied a split ring to it and a treble hook and caught Bass and a big slab Crappie in it ...Tight Lines Brother

[@southernsalt]

Heck yeah that’s awesome lol!!

[@kronz1putt]

"BOOM YA'LL! LET's GO! " 😂🤣

[@southernsalt]

🙌 🙌

[@harveymushman7050]

Wrigley's Spearmint Gum Foil wrapper. Catching freshwater Perch.

[@southernsalt]

Nice!!

[@zworm2]

I would try cutting the temu lure in half. I cut real crabs in half and quarters. I would put a dab of orange or yellow on the half and use some scent. Bet it helps. Enjoy the videos.

[@okeebc]

Ive caught catfish with a single kernal of corn on each hook of a trot line. Also tiny balls of aluminum foil. Great videos brother.

[@southernsalt]

Awesome man!!

[@Bamapride1000]

Ivory soap at certain times of the year is a good catfish bait too. We caught sheepshead on crickets in February one year 15+ years ago. We was down there to deer hunt and when season ended Jan 31 we stayed a few days to fish. We had been up in freshwater catching shell crackers and for whatever reason wound up back at the salt and the only bait we could find we already had just had to put 2 or 3 on the hook at a time.

[@miamiwax5504]

I think modding it might help. I would def remove the silly googly eyes. Maybe coloring the claws to the same color as cranka would help too.

[@southernsalt]

Good points!

[@gladiatorfishing3174]

I’ve caught Perch with corn. Was told they hit it but didn’t expect it, crazy

[@southernsalt]

Nice!

[@martyadams3915]

Weirdest thing I ever caught a fish on, I caught a little Chanel catfish out of a farm pond on a peanut. No shell just a bare nut. It was all i had no worms or bugs to be found but I had a Coke and a bag of peanuts for a snack and it took about half them peanuts before I got one to stay on the hook but I did it. Lol

[@southernsalt]

Nice!!

[@fishermansdream36]

Temu has a nock off of the VUDU shrimp in small and big size. That would be cool if we tried that too.

[@southernsalt]

I’ll check them out!

[@GOTCHAPARK]

TEMU strikes again .

[@southernsalt]

😂

[@fishermansdream36]

The crad crab you were using was meant for red fish the small crab is good for sheep head from temu. P.S. I wood like to see you fish smaller crad.

[@neolancer005]

I've fished a couple of those crabs up in the northeast they look really promising but i had 1 chance when striped bass were busy eating calico crabs. I can bet they would be killer for permit and bonefish in florida

[@southernsalt]

Yeah they’d probably work well down there.

[@nickmoffitt140]

Caught some bluegill on cosmic brownie chunks. Caught some carp on frostee spoons

[@southernsalt]

Awesome!!

[@user-fe3xz7nh5l]

Nice job man. I’m surprised that the cheaper lute didn’t catch anything, but some times u get what you pay for.

[@southernsalt]

Yeah I had high hopes lol

[@paulwelch5570]

I'm in Gulfport for a few days

[@southernsalt]

Nice!

[@Visibleto122]

There are smaller version of this crab (4.5 cm / 5.8g). I ordered from Aliexpress. But you will need to change the hook and make a new craw. Good Luck 😁😁😁

[@southernsalt]

I’ll check them out

[@walte99]

I may have already made this comment so I apologize if this is a duplicate. Maybe you could try the Almost Alive fiddler crab lures. It's the plastic only that you can rig with a split shot and hook rig or a bottom sweeper type jig, so they are less expensive. Plus they're made in USA in N. Carolina.

[@southernsalt]

If I can find what you’re talking about I’ll give them a try

[@Brandon.Keenan]

Haven't seen you try hermit crabs inside of a piece of cheese cloth made into a tea bag with magic thread. Works great with oysters too. Sand fleas also make great bait for sheeps too

[@southernsalt]

I’ll put something together soon

[@Brandon.Keenan]

@@southernsalt Those little tea bag baits are good for 4-5 fish some times. I'll even soak them in Pro Cure to add some extra scent. As long as it smells right, they don't seem to mind the blob of a bait lol

[@johnleggio4148]

The cranka crab is expensive but at the end of the day as I always see if you use what works and gets you fish it will be a better day and worth any price you have to pay than losing out a whole day because you tried to be cheap

[@southernsalt]

That’s right!!

[@SaltyVet87]

nice red man, really thought it was gonna break ya off for a minute there

[@southernsalt]

Me too lol, she had me a few times

[@corryhudson9804]

McDonald’s French fry 😂 rat reds love em!

[@southernsalt]

😂 awesome!!

[@lmay4642]

Thanks for the video I’ve not had much luck at all with artificial crabs for sheepshead. I checked out the crankacrab webpage. Lots of choices for ordering. What’s were you using in the video and what’s your fav. Thanks in advance. Keep the videos coming.

[@southernsalt]

The fiddler and the mud crab are my favorites

[@waterboy5164]

Awesome videos, im so glad I found this channel! Hey question im thinking about getting into kayak fishing. Im looking for one that I can put into the back of my Pick up, is good in ruff salt water/ strong current to fish around bridges. What would be the best bang for the buck? You seem to have a ton of experience! Thanks

[@southernsalt]

I personally would go with an Old Town PDL. They are the most reliable for what you’re trying to do.

[@patricklucia7926]

I was waiting for my brother to show up with the bait and we were me Meeting for lunch I got tired of waiting so I used my ham sandwich with cheese and caught a 28 inch carp

[@southernsalt]

Heck yeah lol

[@hollyhood69]

We always used deer meat for catfish lol. Sounds crazy but worked insanely good.

[@southernsalt]

Well I’ll be danged that’s a first for me lol

[@hollyhood69]

@@southernsalt works like a charm out here in the rivers of cape fear, Wilmington nc.

[@royschlickeisen2539]

👍👍👍👍👍🎣video

[@southernsalt]

🙌 🙌

[@pondplantgirl]

🤠 I have never had luck with live or fake crabs. Maybe I can learn what I am doing wrong?

[@southernsalt]

Find a saltwater bridge with barnacles and you’ll get them.

[@dashawndeloach7670]

Do you use your depth finder to locate the fish before you start fishing. If so can you show us what the fish look like on the graph?

[@southernsalt]

I don’t when looking for sheepshead I just bounce around until I find them.

[@johnholmes6897]

Never had one. What do they taste like and their texture?

[@dbax6800]

I caught several white bass from the bank the bait store was closed I figured when I got to the shore I would find a grass hopper or something. It was winter couldn't find anything I was eating cheese puffs I put one on a hook though too myself boy wo would it be funny to catch something the first cast I caught a large white bass I caught 5 bass that day

[@southernsalt]

Dude that’s awesome!!

[@dbax6800]

@southernsalt I really enjoy your videos on Flounder and sheepshead with the artificial baits . I have some of the Temu crabs that haven't been able to try out yet hated, too, see they didn't work .

[@perroloco03ga]

Gummy worm

[@bretburt7317]

Craziest thing I've ever used is rotten beef jerky for trout in Colorado. I was hoping for catfish but caught rainbows.

[@southernsalt]

Nice!!

[@theoutdoorsmechaniclife871]

When I was about 10 I was at trout derby in PA and the girl beside me put a full section of hamburger on her hook and caughtI a sizeable rainbow trout

[@southernsalt]

Nice lol!!

[@fishermansdream36]

Temu has a smaller crad you have to try it.

[@southernsalt]

I’ll check it out

[@Matt_Duggan]

Hunts brothers pizza crust. Channel catfish on popping cork

[@southernsalt]

I’ll be damned lol

[@johntucker2904]

You won't believe if I tell you... I used a small piece of 🍤 and seaweed on a small hook and caught my PB parrot 🦜 fish..

[@southernsalt]

Heck yeah that’s awesome!!

[@michaelgrimsley-vy1lw]

blade of grass on brim bluegills

[@southernsalt]

Heck yeah lol

[@bernicemcclendon574]

I used Canadian goose droppings poop and cought a channel catfish

[@southernsalt]

Holy crap lol I can’t believe that worked lol

[@weekendfishinjunkies]

Caught a fish using a necklace and a hand net!

[@southernsalt]

🙌

[@dezziedexter4715]

New to the channel. Where are you located?

[@southernsalt]

Upper gulf coast

[@afout07]

What is your personal best sheepshead? Mine is 28", I didn't have a scale to weigh it but it was in the low teens.

[@southernsalt]

That’s a GIANT!! Mine is only 24.5

[@SCOTTA1]

Weirdest thing I've used for bait is chewing gum. Hey when the bite is on fire and you used up all your live bait. The gum i had in my mouth. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Works.

[@southernsalt]

lol that’s right!

[@williestephens4327]

What kind of fish line are you using ?🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣

[@southernsalt]

15 pound suffix braid

[@lipripper187]

Man at 20$ a cranker crab and as well as sheepshead see with being very visual eaters and line shy at times in clearer conditions I would be way too scared to scale down on line size and lose a 20$ lure. Think I'll just have to stick to flipping over rocks at low tide or hitting the mangroves and collecting real fiddler crabs or mud crabs for the free! I could care less if I break off 100 times in one day if I'm just losing a hook and a split-shot. 💯😂

[@southernsalt]

lol that’s right. I’m with you on the cost though they’re pretty expensive

[@afout07]

you can get away with really, really light line for sheepshead. You gotta finesse them out of the structure but it is doable. I never go heavier than 15lb leader and i pretty regularly catch trophy sized sheeps

[@lipripper187]

But what I am hearing is... There is definitely a market for an affordable crab lure specifically designed for sheepshead here in the states with more accessible availability. 🤔

[@southernsalt]

Bingo 😂

[@EFXVII]

I just saw an ad on instagram the other day I believe it was a mussle artificial made specifically for sheep

[@user-hi2bb4cg3y]

I agree with you but how much do you pay when you get the same item from sporting goods such as Academy, Basspro…Cabela. The purpose of this clip he just wants to show the good things. I am proud of him.

[@lipripper187]

@@user-hi2bb4cg3y your new name will now be "Richard jockey"... 🤔😂

[@THERE4LGOAT]

It's called a "cranka crab"🔥🎣

[@lkirkp6468]

A gummy worm and caught a 4lb. black bass, but it was spawning season.

[@southernsalt]

Very nice!!

[@joshuahumphries7743]

Watched my lil bro catch a SLAB blue gill in crystal clear patch of water between some weeds on a bear hook

[@southernsalt]

Nice!!

[@josephtripptree1828]

you ever catch Fluke with that?

[@southernsalt]

Never fished for fluke

[@josephtripptree1828]

how about flounder? @@southernsalt

[@spotsnspecks]

Good fisherman not keeping more then you need.

[@williestephens4327]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@southernsalt]

🙌 🙌

[@mychaelmitchell4632]

I watched a guy catch several trout with a jig and a cigarette butt. Zman trout eye jig head and a marlboro cigarette butt. Craziest crap ever. It was just cause they they were eating anything he thought it would be funny. They actually ate it.

[@southernsalt]

Dang lol!!

[@pamdimitrio4972]

Don't let that one lure keep you from ordering from temu their products are great

[@southernsalt]

Right on!

[@nickbaer6584]

I have always felt a cheap product results in cheap catches. The price goes up cause of the testing and materials so personally I'd bite the bullet and get the expensive one if it means more fish on the deck.

[@southernsalt]

No doubt!

[@gregdouglas5405]

8 pound catfish ham and cheese sandwich.

[@southernsalt]

Heck yeah lol

[@sethscott4211]

Scrap the temu crab lol

[@southernsalt]

🙌 😂

[@sethscott4211]

@@southernsalt love watching you dude lol

[@urbanbackyardcontainergardenin]

Weirdest thing Ive used to catch fish is sour worm candy

[@southernsalt]

Awesome lol!!

[@donh5871]

Cheap (quality) or inexpensive (price)

[@southernsalt]

Both

[@8-bitco-op897]

OHHHHH I HATE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!!!! Cant seem to find sheepshead anywhere. Lots of reds and Bobo's and even some tune but no sheeps. Folks are still catching mangroves off the bridges. I can hardly wait for the weather to cool off so I can get my sheepshead fishing on. Cant beat fishing for sheepshead. I may have to give one of them lures a try.

[@southernsalt]

Well don’t hate me 😂 hopefully they’ll move in soon for you!

[@8-bitco-op897]

Yeah they come in hot and heavy at about the end of feb. The coldest day is when the bite will be fire and there be about 100 folks at Fort Pickens. Its get pretty nuts but damn is it a good time.@@southernsalt

[@fredeb67]

I always loose artificial around pylons 😢

[@southernsalt]

Yeah it’s tough fishing around them for sure

[@markduda3477]

Bubble Gum

[@southernsalt]

🙌

[@JentleRain]

There's only one thing dumber then buying a cheap Temu crab and that's buying a $20 crab from Australia.

[@southernsalt]

I don’t know this comment ranks pretty high on a list of dumb things.

[@JentleRain]

See, it's true.😁

[@ouissandy2806]

If you love America, don't buy Temu.

[@southernsalt]

I don’t know how that correlates with each other

[@ouissandy2806]

@southernsalt it's communist owed selling things for cheaper to undercut us. Kinda how that become a lord in Scotland thing was a scam, and many tubers promoted them without researching them scamming us.

[@bryaneldridge1948]

McDonald’s drinking straw cut about 3” to catch speckle trout in the Gulf.

[@southernsalt]

Nice!! That’s resourceful there lol

[@bodeanholler]

Cast it between that huge gap!

[@southernsalt]

I did, several times lol

[@rioterry8863]

I can't watch you throwing them back in the water.

[@southernsalt]

lol then don’t lol