tips for catching shrimp (penny)

General Fishing Discussion
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THis is is by far my weakest inshore re area. I usually buy them, but since i cant work as much from having to go to GA to help my dad they are getting kind of expensive to get 4,5 dozen or more every trip. Any tips on how to catch them around folly would be helpful. I can catch all other bait no problem but shrimp elude me. I have a few mud banks that hold a small numbers but thats it.Penny, any tips you may have for me? Anyone else have tips? Thanks yall.

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As far up in the creek as u can get. Middle of the creek; believe shrimp stay deeper during the day to stay out of sunlight.

'04 Sea Hunt 200 Escape w/ Yami 150

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I like pockets along creeks or rivers that are at the end of ditches. I feel like the shrimp hangout there waiting to get back in the grass. Right now I’m not finding any size, but I’m not good enough to cast deeper spots to find them yet.

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Throw the net around ditch creeks on mud banks on a outgoing kow or low coming in tide…:smiley:
Hahah but I seriously have been catching good bait shrimp in the net recently. All the skrumps at HPT are local, so they are here

14’ Skiff-“Redfish Reaper”

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I found a few dozen of good sized ones sunday after i lost the two Hunter gave at Haddrells, since they were out and i got minnows. Then i started feeling bad and pulled the boat into the marsh in a shaded area of a creek and laid down for an hour and drank some gator aid. I think my lack of drinking water and drinking cokes all day sat may have caused me to get dehydrated. I was only out for two hrs before i started feeling bad. I work outside all week so i am used to the heat but i also drinks tons of water during the week. I felt week and had tunnel vision. For a moment i was unable to drive the boat so i had the stop and lay down,then i went home.

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Ya. Sounds like dehydration.

Probably already know this but sports drinks like gatorade don’t really hydrate. You have to drink water.