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| I was taught to catch sand fleas with a colonder/stainer from the kitchen in Melbourne, FL. Walk along the beach until you see them, then run towards on the out going and kneel and scoop. Then when I first saw the rake, I had to have one. I have kept them alive for three - four days in the refrigerator, they musy have air. My wife does not like the live things in there, but I prevail.
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If you store sandfleas, don't let the waste material accumulate in the bottom of the container. It will kill them for sure. Flush with fresh sea water and they'll live longer.
I've just about gotten away from sandfleas. I have been using jigs tipped with shrimp.
A couple of right coast friends showed up for fishing lessons and we caught a bunch of fish with some of the largest whiting that I have seen in ages; one was 16 inches long!
What they brought over for bait was salted clams; yes; salted clams. They worked for both whiting and Pompano with one legal redfish.
We had to make long casts to reach the clear water but when we did, the fish were there and willing. Anything close was a waste. C2
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Mingo
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| Sailor, I was looking for some recently on Pensacola Beach, but didn't see any. Obviously, you did well when you found them. Do you have to cover a lot of beach before you find them? I was thinking that maybe this was not a good time of the year for them. Thanks for the great info!
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Mingo
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Yeah, I haven't seen a single one here at Perdido. I figured Ike probably had something to do with that.
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Trigger
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Just saw Andrew Zimmern on Food Network in Thailand eating these.... Rinse thoroughly, pull off legs and deep fry in tempura batter......
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Mingo
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Yeah, they called them "sea cicadas"!
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| Freeline, Saw your post, went down to the beach and looked around, tough times here in Destin too. Thought I saw a few pods but when I went over to them, nothing. Looked all over, but didnt really see anything. I have heard they move out to the outer sandbars in the winter but too warm for that. Anyways, caught maybe 3 small ones and one mother on the first sandbar just by blind raking. 
Gave up and just tried to fish with shrimp some. About an hour later, noticed the tide was coming in and saw some colonies I thought. | | | |