If your already in to surf fishing then you should know all about fishing with Sand Fleas. However, what a lot of people fail to realize is they work great in the intracoastal as well! There are a variety of commonly sought fish that will readily eat a sand flea. Any fish in the intracoastal that will eat a small crab will eat a sand flea, including, redfish, sheepshead and black drum. Make sure you bring more than you think you need as even pin fish love them and you'll can go through them pretty quickly at times.
The sand fleas are pretty easy to catch and free for the taking. A small package of them can cost you $4-5 at a bait shop.
Sand Flea Rake!
There are two basic ways to catch sand fleas and that is a sand flea rake or a sifting device. Actually, both work on the sifting principal. The rake is a wire basket on a handle and the other can be made from almost anything. A simple way to go is to use a 5 gal. bucket, etc. and drill 3/8" holes in the bottom. You just shovel the sand in and rinse it out, leaving sand fleas and some shells.
You don't need to be a genius to figure this one out but it's a little bit of useful information if your going to catch your own fleas. I trust you can figure this project out from just the picture so no complicated directions are needed.
Homemade bucket sifter!
Good luck sand flea hunting!
Larry S.
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