Thread: Phantom made me do it !!

I agree with the better lookin part Oh buy the way I... the wife got out the coffee stains.

Originally Posted by Speck Detector

Thanks for the update Brian, got my led kits on order should arrive next week...going to give this shrimping thing a try...the wife really has the hankering for some...Phantom did really tease everyone with that plate of shrimp & tator

Now yer talkin!

Interesting to me. Just visited my sister in New Smyrna Beach, she and my brother in law live on one of the numerous canals. They have a small dock that is covered. My brother in law asked if we wanted to fish and my wife and I jumped at the chance. So Kathy and Randy take us to few sites to show us the area and then we stop at a beach side bait shop and buy a dozen shrimp for 5 bucks and head back to the house.
In the 2 hours we were gone the canal had changed from a semi muddy looking river to some kind of swirl you might get at Starbucks. Randy had no idea what was going on with the canal. This was in November, not long after the hurricane went thru the area. We tried fishing anyway with no luck but what surprised me was the liveliness of the shrimp. They were nice sized, they didn't just sit in the bucket but thrashed around a bit and made some racket.
So those shrimp were good sized but would they not be good eaters (5 bucks a dozen), not a shrimp lover but curious.
Last thing I've been curious about, how do you shrimp?

Originally Posted by specktacklure

Yup.....almost.......but Phantom's in way better shape & better lookin

Ha ! !
I'm almost ready for the grave .......
By the time I get ready for the day = it's time to go to bed .......

Hope you faired better than us. No fish and no shrimp. Hopefully the late tide was better than the early tide. Did stop by and see Ginny and Terry on the way out.

I tryed to call them in for you Mike, guess my shrimp call is broken.

Preciate it brother. Cant kill em all the time.

Originally Posted by funfishers

Last thing I've been curious about, how do you shrimp?

There are several ways to do it, we anchor in or near the channel with underwater lights out & a large hoop net with small holes that tapers down into a long sock. Some people use green lights or white lights, growing up we always used white - the green lights are kinda new. This time we used both green & white lights. As the shrimp go by in the outgoing tide you try to dip them as you see them. You can only dip what you can see, so some also use a box net behind the boat that will catch the shrimp that are deeper. The box net is usually 3x5 with weights on bottom & floats on top, it has the same type net that tapers down into a sock. Certain times of the year you can cast net them when they are up near the bank in large groups. It's work but worth it if ya really like shrimp, I've always had fun doing it but it will hurt the back & is hard on the sleep schedule especially with a j-o-b.