live shrimp?

[steve morton]

This

Great point, quite bitchin [emoji1787][emoji1787]

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Kind of like corn prices in deer season. Haha!

[Mr. Public]

I think last time I bought shrimp was $22 per quart.

A cast net, a perch trap and some crab traps make my bait a bit of a chore sometimes but it works.

I’ll cast net finger mullet and mud minnows for all sorts methods: Popping cork, free lining, sight casting, soaking a few, or dragging bottom for flounder. I have even cast netted shrimp before and free lined them under green lights to catch trout.

Cast net big mullet for cut bait for redfish

Perch traps for all the above or fishing for trout with a shaker weight m(instead of croaker)

Crab traps: to catch crab for use at the jetties for catching drum, bull reds and even sharks

My point: if bait prices irk you, investing in a cast net and learning how to throw it and where to find bait at is super beneficial and lucrative.


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[Russ81]

How did saw dust keep sharp alive? I remember that when I was a kid...

https://valleybusinessreport.com/featured/shrimp-sawdust-family-tradition/

And we talked about it on here ten years ago it seems

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/showthread.php?t=364221

[rebelbow]

$40-70k on a rig, $40 -70k tow vehicle, several $400 rod/ reel combos, $250 sunglasses, $50 fishing shirts, $3/ gallon fuel … and $20 for a quart of shrimp is too dang much? [emoji23]

[Capt Glenn]

My brother in law went to Florida and asked for a quart of shrimp and they looked at him funny. They sold Shrimp .25 a piece.

I did that myself on Sanibel Island years ago. But they were 50 cents each. I went in and asked how much a quart of shrimp cost and the guy looks at me funny and asked "You from Texas?" Yes sir. "We don't sell 'em by the quart, we sell 'em by the each."

[Capt Glenn]

If live shrimp is that expensive, wonder what a dozen croakers are going for?

Finger mullet and croaker are $10-12/doz around here.

[Russ81]

Finger mullet and croaker are $10-12/doz around here.

I get buying shrimp bc if I ever cast netted 20-21 counts we’re switching gears and shrimping.

Mullet are a dime a dozen where I go with said cast net and rather have piggy perch over croaks any day


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[Greenheadless]

$40-70k on a rig, $40 -70k tow vehicle, several $400 rod/ reel combos, $250 sunglasses, $50 fishing shirts, $3/ gallon fuel … and $20 for a quart of shrimp is too dang much? [emoji23]

Do you pay cash or finance all that? Skrimps included.

[brokeno]

I can remember when we would buy shrimp at the little bait stand in Fulton in front of Oak Shores motel for a penny each. We would count everyone one to make sure we weren't getting cheated out of a couple of cents.

[Smart]

Do you pay cash or finance all that? Skrimps included.

Paid cash for everything but the shrimp. Financed those

[Gumbo Man]

It’s just like the auto business now. You can finance a quart for up to 18 months at a low interest rate WAC and they will buy your dead un-used shrimp back for $1.00 a lb. and sell you fresh dead shrimp for $4.00 a lb. 👍👍

[rebelbow]

I get buying shrimp bc if I ever cast netted 20-21 counts we’re switching gears and shrimping.

Mullet are a dime a dozen where I go with said cast net and rather have piggy perch over croaks any day


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can you catch piggy perch in a bait trap?

[Man]

Ive compensated by just downgrading my standards. Croakers, sand trout and gaftops go in the cooler now as well.

[Russ81]

live shrimp?

can you catch piggy perch in a bait trap?

I’m sure you could, just never tried as the cast net is faster and I don’t live right on saltwater.

Ive compensated by just downgrading my standards. Croakers, sand trout and gaftops go in the cooler now as well.

I’d love them to make croakers game fish and hope the croaker runs would come back. Better eating then trout imo.

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[DUKFVR]

I’m sure you could, just never tried as the cast net is faster and I don’t live right on saltwater.



I’d love them to make croakers game fish and hope the croaker runs would come back. Better eating then trout imo.

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Limit shrimping boats and croakers would come back faster.