Will trade creek glory holes for hints on where to net shrimp

Post by **GaryDroze** » October 20th, 2021, 8:51 pm

My wife desires fresh shrimp. Not frozen store-bought I'm clueless on where to net them. Will happily trade intel on primo St Marks Refuge tidal creek trout/reds holes for general info on coastal shrimp target areas. PM me if interested in an info swap.

Post by **Fish Masterson** » October 20th, 2021, 10:48 pm

Would love the inside on shrimping

Post by **Salty Gator** » October 21st, 2021, 9:01 am

Gary, I hope you aren’t spending time in the glory hole scene..You may want to Google the meaning of “glory hole”

Post by **DEMON** » October 21st, 2021, 11:36 am

If I'm reading FWC's regs correctly, recreational shrimping isn't allowed from the St. Marks lighthouse down to Pasco County. Looks like you have to go west of the lighthouse.

Post by **GaryDroze** » October 21st, 2021, 8:47 pm

Correctamundo. I read those regs, too. Have heard rumor of fall shrimp runs around Bald Point, well west of the Refuge. Hoping to dial in around that area.

Post by **Salty Gator** » October 22nd, 2021, 8:19 am

Gary, why don’t you use the money you make from selling redfish and trout in the MaClay school parking lot to buy a few lbs for the wife?

Post by **GaryDroze** » October 22nd, 2021, 2:39 pm

Update: from a few emails, apparently Mud Cove is a potential spot for fall/winter shrimp run, but I have no experience netting shrimp there.

Red Beard · Post by **Red Beard** » October 22nd, 2021, 2:42 pm

Update: Gary received tips and never kept his end of the deal. Waiting on my honeybuns.. I mean honey holes.. heck either one will work.

Don’t make me post pictures of a certain fish on here..

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Post by **GaryDroze** » October 22nd, 2021, 4:08 pm

Just now checked PMs. Redbeard/Troutfisher/Onthechew: THANKS! I owe you all inside scoop on SMNWR fishery. PM me your preferences (high or low tide) and I'll let you know what/where works best for for me on Refuge creeks from the lighthouse east (Horns Creek to Porpoise Creek). Apologies in advance if I offer advice that is already in your knowledge wheelhouse. Maybe I'll just owe you shrimp!

J Holden · Post by **J Holden** » October 22nd, 2021, 5:33 pm

Go out to the lighthouse, roll around in the mud. Drop by seafood house on the way back home and transfer a few lb of shrimp to a five gallon bucket with a handful of mud so it looks authentic. Come home dirty with tales of catching fresh shrimp.

Profit!

Post by **GaryDroze** » October 22nd, 2021, 5:45 pm

Actually, I had been thinking of bringing home the $2.75/dozen bait shrimp at Woodville Lumber Supply as Plan B. Will keep that in my back pocket if forum tips don't pay off.

Red Beard · Post by **Red Beard** » October 23rd, 2021, 11:26 am

For the record.. I was just messing with Gary.

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ropeman · Post by **ropeman** » October 25th, 2021, 9:34 am

GaryDroze wrote: October 22nd, 2021, 5:45 pm Actually, I had been thinking of bringing home the $2.75/dozen bait shrimp at Woodville Lumber Supply as Plan B.

Some of those bait shrimp are eating size!

The only time I have been recreational shrimping was in 1986(ish) and we went to Mud Cove. My cousin's grandfather had a little shrimp boat and we drug the net across that little cove. I don't remember catching a lot of shrimp, but I do remember that we got lost in the fog!

Post by **GaryDroze** » October 25th, 2021, 7:19 pm

Mud Cove has come up four times for me between this forum, other forums, and emails. So I will try there after next cold snap and post results.

ropeman · Post by **ropeman** » October 26th, 2021, 8:23 am

GaryDroze wrote: October 20th, 2021, 8:51 pm My wife desires fresh shrimp. Not frozen store-bought I'm clueless on where to net them.

How do you plan on catching shrimp? I know you mention a net but are you talking about a cast net?

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