How To Rig Fiddler Crabs For Sheepshead, Redfish & Black Drum

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Fiddler crabs are great baits for sheepshead, redfish, black drum, and even snook and tarpon.
These predator fish can't resist these little snacks, but there is a lot of confusion around using them for bait.
In particular, here are two questions we get all the time about fiddler crabs:
1. How do you handle fiddler crabs without getting pinched?
2. How do you rig fiddler crabs up to use as bait?
In this video, we’ll answer both of those questions, plus share some secrets on how to catch more fish with them.
Whether you're rigging them on j hooks, live bait hooks, circle hooks, or jig heads, we'll show you the best way to rig them.
If you want to catch more sheepshead, redfish, and black drum, you’re going to love this video.
Have any questions about using fiddler crabs as bait?
Let us know in the comments below!
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@Saltstrong 4 жыл бұрын

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@23Jake24 4 жыл бұрын

I've been hoping you all get the Bottom Sweeper Jigs on the discount program and stock them in your shop. They are expensive when ordering direct from their company.

@timshort7865 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the clear tutorial. My wife and I are new to salt water fishing. Only 6 months in the area. Every fishing trip is an learning experience. We plan on using your tips in the morning with fiddler crabs. Will update tomorrow evening after we get back.

@natehowell793 4 жыл бұрын

Saltwater fishing is truly an art you can only get better and it takes years good luck to you my friend.

@dustyflair Жыл бұрын

Tim, how have you progressed?

@danielmorris6584 4 жыл бұрын

2 fiddler crabs disliked this video

@tonyacevedo3149 4 жыл бұрын

Haha

@gerardcaccioppo1958 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the help I appreciate that I'm new to Florida fishing

@ericnorton4045 2 жыл бұрын

Ive watched several videos on this and this is a very clear and very detailed very good video thanks

@MKOutdoors 4 жыл бұрын

Great video and tips. Thanks for sharing

@jonathanseagull.4551 4 жыл бұрын

You got crabs. Awesome bait .

@pir842 Жыл бұрын

Do the jig heads weigh them down too much? I've had luck free lining them, or maybe using a split shot a bit farther up the line. No luck with a jig head. Admittedly I gave up quickly though.

@SAGERODS250REM 4 жыл бұрын

This guys got crabs ha ha.

@karljshaw 2 жыл бұрын

Just curious, do the orange peels in both the opening and closing picture serve a purpose?

@apock6115 2 жыл бұрын

Broo I slipped my grip and that was no baby pinching. Far from it, I got sensitive skin 😆 no lie he got blood. The guy next to me freaked out when I did a spin to shake him off my thumb 👍 🤣

@Skurtz007 4 жыл бұрын

Brave Tony!

@desert1cop 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

@rossroyce2258 Жыл бұрын

Good video, thanks for sharing.

@Saltstrong Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@thomasw7952 2 жыл бұрын

I caught 2 Sheepshead today with fiddler crabs on Gamakatsu Finesse Wide Gap hooks, size 2.

@paddleandhook 4 жыл бұрын

Good share 👍🏻

@Saltstrong 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@peterkim1695 4 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video dedicated to sheepshead fishing tips please

@Saltstrong 4 жыл бұрын

Here's an article that has a variety of videos about sheepshead: www.saltstrong.com/articles/sheepshead-fishing-guide/

@stephenrothman6058 3 жыл бұрын

what is the orange peel for?

@hanz.get.ze.panzerfaust4000 3 жыл бұрын

If you grab the claws and hold it it can’t get you or if you pin it’s claw against its body you can have control of it easy

@geraldfranz9085 4 жыл бұрын

Salt Strong Rocks !!! 😎👍✌🖖🐟💥🛎

@afout07 3 жыл бұрын

These things are pretty harmless. Unless they get you in between your fingers, it doesn't hurt at all. I don't like to have the hook point exposed when I rig them, though

@tylerfishunter4798 3 жыл бұрын

Soo... how does one handle a live blue crab.. I would like to use them but I'm not fond of getting pinched

@blacktidelures7067 3 жыл бұрын

Dangle something in front of them so they latch their claws onto it, then quickly grab them from behind. They can't reach behind themselves to get you

@MP-yc2ou 2 жыл бұрын

Can you use a circle hook?

@chrisjones720 2 жыл бұрын

J hook will be better for sheepshead. They will be able to steal your bait more with circle hooks. A j hook will get right in the corner of the mouth.

@tonykillinger8534 4 жыл бұрын

The problem with small hooks is that there always seems to be a snook or a black drum hanging around the convicts..........lol

@tonyacevedo3149 4 жыл бұрын

Yep! I have been schooled by some big drum while fishing for sheepshead lol

@afout07 3 жыл бұрын

That's part of the reason I use a extra strong hook for sheepshead. Gorilla hooks from owner work the best for me. Those little hooks work for a 10+ lb sheepshead, they'll handle most anything else you get ahold of.

@VizagFish 2 жыл бұрын

you are piercing crab's in both the cases we do some thing different we hook in horizontal plain between 3rd and 4th leg out to inward

@hayjud4062 2 жыл бұрын

Great presentation, but still afraid of the little creatures 🙅🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️😁 Can you tell us what size is the bottom sweeper hook you're using on the presentation? 🤗 Thank you! 🙋🌞🌈🏖🎣🎏

@abstractvisuals4781 3 жыл бұрын

Why do you use the orange peels ?

@MikeS29 3 жыл бұрын

Same question here!

@buddybonbutt7510 3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeS29 food. if you plan to store them after a fishing trip dont want them to go to waste, maybe even breed them for food and keep populations up in the wild

@joka7316 3 жыл бұрын

It's called a pincer. No h in there.

@adrianugalde5633 4 жыл бұрын

Ill take a free pack give a try next time i'm out on Gandy

@randymiller6463 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like you have orange peels in the bucket?

@specfever2 4 жыл бұрын

I wondered if they were raising/keeping fiddlers for a long period of time when I saw the orange peels.

@afout07 3 жыл бұрын

Probably for food

@buddybonbutt7510 3 жыл бұрын

did you use the crab after you stabbed it or just toss it away? seemed a little wasteful and cruel

@stjohnsriverrat Жыл бұрын

Great video.

@Saltstrong Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@sammmy4495 2 жыл бұрын

poor little crabbies..........:(

@tiffanybridges2656 3 жыл бұрын

Idk, I just feel that there HAS to be some way to make bait that imitates these little guys. That was really hard to watch you putting a hook through a live breathing living animal and keeping it alive with said hook still in it.

@tiffanybridges2656 2 жыл бұрын

@@seanfinney2750 I have never fished in my life and am not too interested in it, I stumbled across the video while looking up info about my pet fiddler so no worries about me watching fishing videos. Also, there are an abundance of humans too so does that make it okay to torture someone? I LOVE crabs and eat them regularly but I would not want to see one tortured.

@tiffanybridges2656 2 жыл бұрын

@@seanfinney2750 My bad, I responded assuming we were two adults respectfully disagreeing on a topic but if I knew you were and ass**** I would have told you that if you’re too poor to afford lures then maybe you should find another hobby. Also if “nobody cares” then why do you keep taking time to respond to a comment I made months ago?? Have you nothing better to do? Maybe get a job or something so you can afford those lures!