DoorGunner Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Still lots of grass shrimp but today had the first crabs. Two small mud crabs and just another sign of things to come........Soon I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffapeikin Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Wow, I never new shrimp were in nj. Thought they were a florida bait. Thanks for sharing. Helps with lure selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilCVG Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 40 mins ago, jeffapeikin said: Wow, I never new shrimp were in nj. Thought they were a florida bait. Thanks for sharing. Helps with lure selection. Those are grass shrimp but we get big shrimp also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckscorider Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Cool picture. First im seeing grass shrimp like that. Is there a certain time or conditions when bass key in on them? Do they thrive in certain types of areas in the bay? Crushed barbs save fish, keep that rod bent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffapeikin Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 58 mins ago, PhilCVG said: Those are grass shrimp but we get big shrimp also. Thats great to know. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleJohn Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 13 hours ago, PhilCVG said: Those are grass shrimp but we get big shrimp also. I grew up on Raritan Bay and I have always used to catch Grass Shrimp in my kelly pot, but I never heard of any big shrimp in NJ except Mantis Shrimp. Can you give more details about the big shrimp in New Jersey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilCVG Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) 12 mins ago, UncleJohn said: I grew up on Raritan Bay and I have always used to catch Grass Shrimp in my kelly pot, but I never heard of any big shrimp in NJ except Mantis Shrimp. Can you give more details about the big shrimp in New Jersey? Not really, I’ve never done it. But I know guys who have. They do it at night in the southern NJ back bays, around Doorgunners shop. I may be letting out a long kept secret, who knows? lol Edited April 6, 2018 by PhilCVG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleJohn Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Wow, nice.... Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishless Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 I'm a Grass Shrimp Sharpie "I was a waste of time dumbasses" Sevenxseventy1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyBunker Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 1 hour ago, UncleJohn said: I grew up on Raritan Bay and I have always used to catch Grass Shrimp in my kelly pot, but I never heard of any big shrimp in NJ except Mantis Shrimp. Can you give more details about the big shrimp in New Jersey? I didn't think there were any big shrimp in NJ until this past fall when i saw some junky searching a bulkhead for them at like 5am. He showed me a couple of grass shrimp he caught that were 6" long. Apparently they do get bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleJohn Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Holy Cow !! 6 inch grass shrimp ... are you sure they were grass shrimp ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyBunker Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 42 mins ago, UncleJohn said: Holy Cow !! 6 inch grass shrimp ... are you sure they were grass shrimp ? He was saying grass shrimp and that someone else taught him how to catch the big ones. I've only ever seen the regular 1"-2" ones floating around. Looked just like them but bigger. I tried looking up different shrimp species of NJ and i can't find anything except grass shrimp, shore shrimp and mantis. Some websites are calling grass shrimp and shore shrimp the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilCVG Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 FunkyBunker is in the area I’m talking about. And if that bulkhead has a boat ramp that’s one of the spots I’ve heard them caught at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyBunker Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Just now, PhilCVG said: FunkyBunker is in the area I’m talking about. And if that bulkhead has a boat ramp that’s one of the spots I’ve heard them caught at. No boat ramp at this one. Spot was north of Gunners shop. This was the first time i've ever seen anyone trying to catch them. Usually only see people looking for peanuts or crabs for tog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilCVG Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Well than they are in more than one place lol but that vicinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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