Al has tried many different types of bait as he tries to fish here. As with most fisherman, they all have their favorite bait and everyone tells you what you SHOULD be using. Al usually uses fresh shrimp (that you could eat, but are a little on the small side).
One thing that many say you should use is the ghost shrimp. On any day you can see fisherman hunting for their ghost shrimp along the water.
They do this with a “shrimp sucker”. Various bait shops around the area will sell you one for $24.99. Al tried to make one a couple years ago that didn’t suck. (Ok, maybe it DID suck, but it didn’t suck when it counted) So this year he broke down and bought one.
It’s pretty easy actually, if you find the right hole. You walk along the beach and find this:
Suck up the sand into to the tub, then expel it and hopefully there is a shrimp or two in the sand.
And try to get the shrimp before the waiting gull gets it.
You put them in a bucket
And fish!
We found this one covered in eggs.
We threw it back to let it make more ghost shrimp for next time.
Regrettably, the ghost shrimp didn’t do the trick on this day, but it was a perfect day to sit on the beach anyway.
As I was writing this this morning, I did a quick search online to find out more about them, and found out that there is a 20 per day limit on “hunting” ghost shrimp, and you can’t do it at all down the beach a few miles.
http://www.nps.gov/pais/naturescience/ghostshrimp.htm
Good thing to know!
TTFN
