Sand Fleas How to see them and catch them

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mangrover
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Re: Sand Fleas How to see them and catch them

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fishnfool73 wrote:You can catch them at night with a light. Sometimes it is easier as there are no people walking around to spook them.
thanks, I caught a bunch a couple of nights ago

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Hi, im new to flea raking. just got one from the tackel store. I tried raking them at night with a headlamp and only got one scoop full in a four hour period just south of oakland park but i walked 7 miles total Oakland to sunrise, sunrise back to commercial, then back to sunrise and back to oakland. It was exhausting and i only have enough for one day. any advice would be appreciated pm me you can recomend any other spots around ft lauderdale to north miamiish. thanks

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I was there 10:30 ~ 11:30 PM 0.5 mile between Sunrise and Oakland. There were many pods of sand fleas. I think you may not be familiar with finding V's.

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I went out to the exact same place (Sunrise and Oakland) about the same time today where I caught so many sand fleas on April 11. But I couldn't find any single pod of sand flea V's.

The only difference is on April 11, it was about 1.5 hour before low tide and on April 15, 1 hour after high tide.

Based on this, I am guessing low tide is better.


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Does anyone know if there have been sand fleas around the usual spots in ft laud? Are they usually around all year?

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I still a few bags of sand fleas that I caught this spring. Let me know if you need some. I need to clean my freezer...
I will charge only one tenth of my hourly labor rate...LOL

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Thanks kblue. I like them live when I can but its rough goin the day before jusf to rake fleas. Goin to juno friday and try the jig

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Hey guys. This thread was VERY informative! I just got a sand flea rake today and would like to try my luck in finding some of these critters. I live in North Miami. Could someone point me in the right direction as to which beach i can go and try to find some sand fleas.

If someone could show me, i would be very grateful. I would gladly pay in the form of a nice cold 6pack :toast:

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south of the newport pier, you can just set me up a tab at tootsies

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