Catching Bait Hidden in Sand like a Pro

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4 жыл бұрын

Hundreds of people walk the beaches of South Florida each day but how many actually know what lives in the sand that is beneath their feet?
Sand Fleas are arguably the best surf fishing bait but do you know how to catch them on your beach and how to store them properly for later use?
No problem if you don't because I explain everything in this short video. If you love to catch Pompano, like I have done in a few of my previous videos, Sand Fleas are a must! Follow along as I uncover these little burrowing bait fish from the surf and bring them home to package them for use on another day of fishing.
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@user-ov9ye3ys5h 3 жыл бұрын

Friendly tip. We catch a lot of them in Hawaii. Instead of raking the shoreline at random, get a handful of 2ft sticks(we use branches). Take a 3ft string or fishing line, and tie it to one end of the stick. Tie the other end of the line to a piece of calamari squid. Now shove the stick down a foot in the shoreline where the water recedes near the shoreline. Place the other prepared sticks 4-5 feet apart along the beach. Just wait and watch as the water recedes. You’ll see a bunch of these sand fleas crawl towards the bait. Scoop them up with a scoop net. You’ll fill up your bucket in no time.

@modest5312 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this tip I will be sure to use it soon. 👍

@scottmichael3745 3 жыл бұрын

Great tip bud, thank you!

@eliraven8502 2 жыл бұрын

You can also put sardines in a bottle and fill it with water then put a whole on the cap and spray it on the sand …..that’s how we do it in Barbados 🇧🇧

@shashaw.324 Жыл бұрын

@@eliraven8502 thanks for sharing

@user-nm7xx5cr8z 4 күн бұрын

Nice tip ,,will try it the soonest the pompano ran,,,

@aaronwright-miller5235 3 жыл бұрын

Sand fleas are like the worms of salt water fishing

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@Mustangs...their_Tuff 3 жыл бұрын

I love sand fleas

@Mustangs...their_Tuff 3 жыл бұрын

Bc they don't harm you

@ryanocfc8010 3 жыл бұрын

The worms of salt water fishing is lug worms so many types of fish eat it so it catches everything É.G. Bass, shark, flat fish, Ray, ect

@a.s.3.q 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mustangs...their_Tuff small ones can go inside your foot skin and grow its super harmful and I'm scared from it

@valattard5011 3 жыл бұрын

I thought this was a joke. I had no idea those things even existed. Very cool video 👍🏻

@robinsoto2700 3 жыл бұрын

Fr man, qnd there's so many

@doanngo1702 3 жыл бұрын

Idk know how people are this dumb THE MORE YOU KNOW

@doanngo1702 3 жыл бұрын

People even think guava is not a FRICKIN FRUIT

@benstrike9117 2 жыл бұрын

I swear, I never see these things in my country.

@alexismoraleszepeda.1697 2 жыл бұрын

@@benstrike9117 theyre alot of fun to catch lol have some here in california newport beach and lots of fun 😂.

@maces1405 4 жыл бұрын

That's my son's job as I set up the rods. He loves sand flea hunting. My son and I are going to Daytona Beach probably next week to see if we can Max out on Pompano. I never thought about saving sand fleas. Good idea 👍

@BackgroundNi__er 4 жыл бұрын

Wish I would have saw this video earlier before I went to the beach

@beverlycriqui1103 3 жыл бұрын

SAME

@bhmbreezy5669 3 жыл бұрын

Also SAME

@bennyrowe7747 3 жыл бұрын

OMG SAME

@brandywine454 3 жыл бұрын

Did you need that much?

@connorchavez4950 3 жыл бұрын

Me to

@Beachnative42 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this video and reminding me to prep for the cooler weather. I love all of your videos and the wealth of knowledge you share. Keep up the great work!!!

@CaptMattBudd 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate it! 🤙

@chewie2055 2 жыл бұрын

@@CaptMattBudd you are wrong in your information on what these are…they are sand moles…part of the crustacean family…sand fleas on the other hand are an insect that can be found in sandy soil in your own yard…your pets can bring them inside your home and they give a nasty bite…

@cjjuddaustralianartist 3 жыл бұрын

I get all the fleas I need from my ginger cat. Gawddammit!

@mohammedmehdi1940 2 жыл бұрын

😂 Lol

@lt5444 3 жыл бұрын

04:05 i died laughing How he tosses the little guy back and says here go back to your friends 😂😂

@bexrightnow8052 3 жыл бұрын

I love this! I will bring one of them rake things with me next time I hit the beach. Last weekend I forgot to bring a little net and ended up kneeing in the sand for quite a bit of time digging these guys up by hand

@sgtz113ang 4 жыл бұрын

Capt Matt . very well done tutorial !

@CaptMattBudd 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@realinvestor222 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, thanks for sharing!

@ONeillsOutdoors 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Keep up the good work. We love #fishing in south Florida and hope to see you on the water sometime soon!

@jasesohard 3 жыл бұрын

my friends wanted to catch crabs but I explained to them that were going to find sand fleas, i’ve only got two so far, and i still don’t understand when they come up. it was a helpful tutorial though, thanks!

@propbraker 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video, thanks! Did you make this screen or did you buy from a store?

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

I bought the rake fully made from a local tackle shop.

@renealbaladejo3698 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial on Sand Fleas. I enjoyed your video. I subscribed to your channel. Thank you. Can you catch sand fleas in the winter? Did you make the sand flea rake? If so do you have a instruction vídeo on how to make one?

@CaptMattBudd 2 жыл бұрын

They're seasonal here in south Florida. I see most in winter time. No, I don't make my rakes. They sell them at local tackle shops.

@cupidkoii4738 3 жыл бұрын

I thought those were baby crabs and one time I found one and cried the whole day because I thought I'd die😭😂

@TheAdianne 3 жыл бұрын

@@bonitahartman5537 i think low

@cobrasquad4018 3 жыл бұрын

There called sand crabs

@chapinharrington3123 2 жыл бұрын

They technically are crabs, real name is mole crabs

@carlosramos2662 7 ай бұрын

I need to learn cause i went for forst time incoming tide and i didnt get nothing using for first time the rake im a new guy with this so what r u think happened to me i am from New jersey

@vladfish 3 жыл бұрын

When I grow up, I wanna be like you man 😉 excellent video.

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

💪

@sawyeralexander06 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful!

@cobiemartino5662 3 жыл бұрын

Sawyer Alexander short and simple. I like it

@habibullahusaahmad9485 2 жыл бұрын

So much intrested to try the tip 😍😍😍, I just frezzing and think, how stupid me in 20 years ago and now I found this video... Thank you, hope your channel bigger

@mrbueno3156 3 жыл бұрын

Right on that was really good 👍🏽

@Dragonrage1oo1 2 жыл бұрын

intros like these bring me back to 2014.

@kenanmammadov7281 3 жыл бұрын

ive caught hundreds with my hands in like an hour, they are everywhere!!!

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

Best bait!

@hoangasam896 3 жыл бұрын

@@CaptMattBudd whats the name of that rate, where to buy them>. I couldn't find them at all in home depot? lol

@williamcontreras8710 3 жыл бұрын

hoang asam you catch them on the beach not buy them

@QuakAOats 3 жыл бұрын

Where are you located? I’m trying to find some

@kenanmammadov7281 3 жыл бұрын

QuakA Oats in new jersey

@judgeandthejury6156 4 жыл бұрын

We call them sea lice and it's tasty.

@alfa-rebel 2 жыл бұрын

Really underrated channel, with you luck!

@tomfrens8910 3 жыл бұрын

Im glad I'm by the great lakes instead. Nothing has been able to creep me out till I seen this. Not snakes, spiders, scorpions ... but sand fleas. NOPE!

@lovinhouse374 4 жыл бұрын

I wondered why blanch when you can go surf to freezer. Blanching hardens the shell and/or makes them last longer on the hook?

@CaptMattBudd 4 жыл бұрын

Helps them hold up better. If you don't blanch then they turn black when frozen.

@ebro-salvaje30 3 жыл бұрын

Es algún tipo de crustáceo o insecto marino??

@kevinf4606 Жыл бұрын

Which tide is better? High or low?

@aaronjrobin 2 жыл бұрын

FYI - in CA, if I’m understanding the regulations correctly, there’s a bag limit of 50 on these.

@moviemania1137 2 жыл бұрын

Commiefornia

@ForgorenWolf 3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool, never thought off using thoses as bait

@scottmichael3745 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome bait for pompano sheephead and drum! And free when I get them myself. Freeze em by the bag. Have bait for months!

@EvergreenOG 4 жыл бұрын

Thk u for sharing

@davisroseee309 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE catching these but I use a net to dig in the sand and almost every time theres at leat two in the net 😊

@carljohns5557 3 жыл бұрын

Lol who is watching this in covid 19

@joannegilbert7947 3 жыл бұрын

Dats bad turns out I have it

@ThePadLynx 3 жыл бұрын

Me lmao

@sherwinsatorre1263 3 жыл бұрын

@Aguanga_cowboy007 3 жыл бұрын

@lbproductions5246 3 жыл бұрын

@Jeasira 3 жыл бұрын

Those birds are mad brave

@filegumbo Жыл бұрын

I bought a sand flea rake to use in Santa Rosa on 30A. Literally thousands…40-50 with every scoop. You have to look at the edge of the water as it recedes and you will see little V shapes as the fleas dig in as the water recedes past them. The sand will look pockmarked like the top of a pot of boiling rice. They feel you coming though.

@JESSICASKAMTheRealJessicaKam 3 жыл бұрын

How many sand crab can you keep per person.

@hectorcoria3650 4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I live here in East Tx and go to the Gulf coast every once in a while. Wondering if you would be willing to send some here like a bag of them, frozen, to give them a try. Of course I will pay for shipping. Just asking. Keep Safe!

@klinqzgaming2594 4 жыл бұрын

Sure

@coopercozen4098 4 жыл бұрын

i will for sure

@AR.K.051 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video....mate..

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@turkeytrailhoneybeefarmgeo6292 3 жыл бұрын

Use to scoop em at Fort Walton Beach pier. Always a ton. Probably still.

@jorge2861 3 жыл бұрын

Great 👍🏼 Video!

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

💪

@miamiwax5504 4 жыл бұрын

whats the best tide to catch them?

@CaptMattBudd 4 жыл бұрын

I like outgoing because there's alot less water moving up the beach to get me soaking wet 😂

@Lydia_lovers 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@BloominOnion1 3 жыл бұрын

Used to dig these guys up when I was a kid in Virginia Beach. Got 'em by the hundreds .Now we go to the outer banks. Hard to find 'em there, don't know why. I've struggled to locate any sometimes.

@FISHONBROS 4 жыл бұрын

Do you think they have em here in Galveston beach?

@CaptMattBudd 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure. I've never been to the beaches in Texas but it may be worth a try!

@FISHONBROS 4 жыл бұрын

@@CaptMattBudd cool, hoping it gets warm one of these weekends so I can go.

@raveprod.7079 Жыл бұрын

As a kid, whenever I went out to Santa Cruz for family vacation we would go to the waves and when the waves went back into the ocean we would dig into the sand we would find a ton and then put them into buckets with sand and water lol

@matheusdeluna1409 3 жыл бұрын

Here in Brasil, we call these as Tatuí. Its tastes like shrimp. 👍

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

🇧🇷💪

@Hitlir10 2 жыл бұрын

My childhood memory is now unlocked i love to dig for that i also called them sand piggies

@hoangasam896 3 жыл бұрын

where do you buy that rate? what's the name exactly to find

@snookid13417 3 жыл бұрын

Any bait store near the beach have them.

@v33zy79 3 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the rake?

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

At a Local fishing tackle shop.

@landenmurray2068 3 жыл бұрын

Was at the beach today and was digging a couple feet away from the water just digging a random hole and next thing I knew I couldn’t stop finding them so I started using them as bait

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

That's how it's done ✅

@landenmurray2068 3 жыл бұрын

@@CaptMattBudd next thing I knew i caught a 14 inch sea mullet with it then with that caught a 6 foot shark

@Doxymeister 4 жыл бұрын

Okay, that's just weird. Many years ago, I (confirmed land-lubber) went to my boyfriend's graduation from Air Force course held at, Biloxi, MS. We took a walk along the beach just after dark, did the whole romantic "watch the Moon rise over the water" bit. LOL, when I got back to my hotel room, my legs were covered with bites, and someone said they were sand flea bites. Are we talking about the same critter here? Whatever bit me was so small I didn't feel anything crawling on me. Ended up not mattering anyway, we waded way out in the Moon-lit waters, it was really shallow, but I couldn't get the theme music from "Jaws" out of my head long enough to have fun, LOL. Cool video, thank you!

@Chuck_Carolina 3 жыл бұрын

The actual name of what he was catching for bait is a Mole Crab. You got bit by Sand Fleas. No See Em's is a Chigger.

@WorstCowboyEver 2 жыл бұрын

Where'd you get the rake?

@CaptMattBudd 2 жыл бұрын

Local tackle shop

@sunghan6136 4 жыл бұрын

My ninja, why boil the fleas? Preserve better that way? Or snack perhaps.

@CaptMattBudd 4 жыл бұрын

Yea they hold up better.

@lopooqwuyt 4 жыл бұрын

Yum snacc

@imcupcake5602 3 жыл бұрын

I did learn something now I can get my owe Bait😁

@odinforce86 10 ай бұрын

They are huge over here in long branch nj

@Austin-rh8su 3 жыл бұрын

Live in Jupiter too nice to see a creator from the same place

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

😎

@joewagner5046 3 жыл бұрын

I take the grandson out to catch sandfleas while on vacation in Destin Florida. Catching them is fun and a lot less cheaper than buying them

@joellegendre8891 3 жыл бұрын

In my trinidad we call them sea tatoos

@TheAdianne 3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@itskenzamitor6710 2 жыл бұрын

What is this beach

@chrisz.9974 3 жыл бұрын

Do live fleas work any better than dead?

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

Live bait is always best!

@martinvalencia3410 Жыл бұрын

Me gustó lo que diseñas te para atrapar muy muy ,acá en Perú así le llamamos,

@an10nee 4 жыл бұрын

sweet video

@CaptMattBudd 4 жыл бұрын

👍

@danielserrano5462 4 жыл бұрын

the lower east coast is a great place to catch those guys

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

💪

@mason9921 4 жыл бұрын

Legend

@eliascalderon472 3 жыл бұрын

Me to

@unfilterednation825 4 жыл бұрын

Him : I promise none were harmed Also him : They will die immediately

@777sgiles 3 жыл бұрын

Can I still catch them in January in South East Florida?

@snookid13417 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@landychen9027 4 жыл бұрын

Waiting for a new video update

@CaptMattBudd 4 жыл бұрын

Wait is over. Using the sand fleas I caught in this video I made a new video catching pompano on them!

@kimberlycisneros1153 4 жыл бұрын

HOLY SHIT REMEMBERED ALL THE TIME WE WILL ALWAYS GET THESE IN RHE SAND AND WILL BE SAD BECAUSE WE WANTED TO KEEP THEM BUT COULDNT

@stjohnsriverrat Жыл бұрын

Great video

@lucasmorgan5550 3 жыл бұрын

How did you seperate the sand leas from the little rocks

@lucasmorgan5550 3 жыл бұрын

O they were lighter so they went to the top and the rocks sunk to the bottom

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

Yes exactly!

@just_cardiff8827 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao where I come from we call them sand crabs and there much easy to catch lmao

@alexmasak7735 Жыл бұрын

Lmao this guy just boils dozens of sand fleas alive. Brutal

@joanmorris4052 3 жыл бұрын

I hope I can #spot them & catch them now I tried yesterday but no luck

@lindamacchi3553 3 жыл бұрын

Wow I like it

@gmansjewels 3 жыл бұрын

One time me and my dad went to the beach and there were hundreds of sand fleas everywhere. The next day we realized we got ate up and we think it was sand fleas. Was it?

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

😂 not this type these don't bite

@gmansjewels 3 жыл бұрын

lahokc59 ok thanks

@bryanceja3373 3 жыл бұрын

were can you buy that rake?

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

Any local tackle shop here in FL

@bryanceja3373 3 жыл бұрын

@@CaptMattBudd thank you so much

@nitrojunki4249 4 жыл бұрын

informative TFTV

@michaelcastillo5896 2 жыл бұрын

"I promise no sand fleas were harmed" as he pours boiling hot water into the bucket full of live sand fleas 😂😂😂

@cootabang0971 2 жыл бұрын

lol

@suleimalopez9599 2 жыл бұрын

Do u also catch the shrimp :o

@christopherort2889 3 жыл бұрын

Where can you get one of those rakes?

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

I bought it at fishing head quarters Jupiter

@hardrockminer-50 3 жыл бұрын

I bought one at Walmart. $22

@coldmidgetts 3 жыл бұрын

cool video

@JesusRodriguez-ft5oe 3 жыл бұрын

Bro did any one else see that bird get tooken by the wave😂😭

@ducks_love_bread 3 жыл бұрын

What happens if they are introduced to fresh water that isn't boiling lol but I have seen salmon during their runs and when they leave salt water and move up streams and rivers that are fresh water we call em zombie fish cause their appearance.they get lesions and sores like the worst case of herpes ever and they can't survive long in Fresh water so I wondered about those sand flees

@crimson.. 3 жыл бұрын

Are they edible???

@crystalcls8027 4 жыл бұрын

What beach are you on?

@CaptMattBudd 4 жыл бұрын

Jupiter

@cauebahia 2 жыл бұрын

I've fried them and eaten them once. Pretty crunchy.. not as tasty as shrimps of course. But definitely edible.

@beaubaggenstoss9650 Жыл бұрын

i just wait for the tide to come in and as the wave comes back i put my hands in the sand and drag and i get so many that way

@KomodoDrano 3 жыл бұрын

“ this is what we do we make a hole and fill it with water and swish our hands making them come out”

@cptnobvious0555 3 жыл бұрын

I caught a huge white one at dark thinkin it was a little crab or something and I looked it up and found it was a sand flea and I was just weirded out😂

@AWallgren 3 жыл бұрын

So, here's a question.....do I have to be quick and sneak up on them?

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

Yes they're actually very spooky

@jonnykauay1763 2 жыл бұрын

Hola amigo Soy de Venezuela y sigo tu canal 🎣👍🏻 me podrás decir en qué playa hiciste ese mágico video?

@nikkemcooper6043 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@MsCeCe-mn7mz 3 жыл бұрын

? we caught so many sand fleas by hand on vacation. i wouldn't touch them myself but had a rake. the kids had no problems.

@josiahdennis4381 3 жыл бұрын

Where is this?

@CaptMattBudd 3 жыл бұрын

South Florida

@xrpgxthunderx9135 3 жыл бұрын

What is that

@clayrobinson7803 2 жыл бұрын

Today I found huge ones like damn boy

@autumnn2363 3 жыл бұрын

Those little guys are actually mole crabs! They do often get mistaked for sand fleas, but the difference is mole crabs are members of Emerita genus of Decapoda. And sand fleas have claws, unlike the mole crab. I also live where sand fleas are native and they do NOT like to touch the water, they often jump in the seaweed that washes up to the shore. Sorry if I sound like a nerd! Great video though!