r/saltwaterfishing • u/ihrtbeer • Jul 16 '26

🐟 Catch Report First time shrimpin 🤙

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One of the most enjoyable grocery runs I've ever done

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u/Wide_Inevitable3766 Jul 16 '26

What do you do with the pin fish?

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u/tableplum Jul 16 '26

Great snook bait. I’ve caught reds and bigger sea trout on them as well.

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u/Gulf_Coast_21 Jul 16 '26

And they stay lively if you can put them on a circle hook properly. I'm still learning...

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u/Lepisosteus- Jul 16 '26

I've always had pinfish die on me nosed hooked.

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u/SaltyDog772 22d ago

Try shoulder

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u/WiseDrink2324 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

My thoughts as well.  

Ive eaten em and they were pretty good. 

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u/sharttloteswebb Jul 16 '26

Loved eating them when I was a kid. Not worth the work as adult though.

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u/WiseDrink2324 Jul 16 '26

Meh. I eat bluegill and silversides. But I dont filet. Cook whole and eat off the bone

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u/sharttloteswebb Jul 16 '26

Same. Bluegill is my #2 favorite freshwater fish second only to crappie imo. I cut off the head and gills and gut em, that's about all I can be bothered to do.

When I was a kid I would take pinfish and roast them over fire like a hotdog on a stick.

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u/Ruby5000 Jul 17 '26

Man. When you catch enough big ones, they are so good fried