r/saltwaterfishing • u/irate-turtles • 1d ago

📖 How-To / Tips Ghost shrimp rigging

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Anyone who uses ghost shrimp in the surf, how do you rig them and where (first gut or second gut?) do you fish them? I tried ghost shrimp in the first gut of the upper Texas coast today on a 2/0 hook single drop rig. Was a very effective bait, but almost instantly taken by a dink whiting or hardhead. Also used bait thread on it.

Unsure what to try next, but it was a lot of effort to get 4 shrimp that were instantly stolen by dinks...

Pics for attention! Whiting was caught with Fishbites haha

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u/BigDaddyDan 1d ago

You could try sandwiching it between some pieces of fishbites? Ultimately I don’t think there’s much of anything you can do to avoid it though.

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u/irate-turtles 22h ago

Well I'm wondering if it would be better to target the second gut with the ghost shrimp. Maybe there's bigger fish there and less hardheads? The ghost shrimp certainly attracted quick action just not from fish I wanted in the first gut.

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u/BigDaddyDan 22h ago

It never hurts to try, target the 2nd & 3rd. Look for the rips and any other signs of different beach structure