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Emerita talpoida · also mole crab
How to catch Sand flea in Florida
Sand flea feed in 0–0°F water and bite best at 0–0°F.
Bait · in the book, no points
About
The mole crab of the surf line, the size of a thumb, that pompano and whiting root out of the wash, and that the surf anglers rake up by the dozen at low tide.
How to fish it
Watch for the V-shaped ripples as a wave pulls back; rake there. The ones with orange eggs are the best bait.
What it eats
a sand-flea rake in the wash
Getting it, rigging it
Getting it
A sand-flea rake in the wash at the surf line, wherever you see the V-shaped ripples as the wave pulls back.
Rigging it
On a small circle hook or a pompano rig, digger-end first — the pompano and whiting bait.
What it's for
What to fish it with
the sizes that fish itHook#8–#1
Braid10–15 lb
The rule
not confirmed hereNo limit.
The current rule at MyFWC →