Fishing for Sheepshead REAL VS FAKE CRABS!
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- čas přidán 15. 12. 2022
- Fishing for sheepshead with fake crabs and fiddler crabs to see which one works better! In this video we head out kayak fishing for sheepshead with live fiddler crabs. One we located some schools of sheepshead I switched over to the Cranka Crab artificial lure and was completely surprised at what happened!
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Comparison videos are the best. Real vs artificial is the ultimate test. You settled some of the debate/questions we have. Well, at least this artificial.
Yessir, can’t wait to do some more like it!
Great video! Awesome to see you using the cranker crab. 💪🎣❤️
Thank you!! I’m going to have to throw it more often!
Great video bro hope it gets to 500 would love to see the different crab lures. I am finally getting the hang of the artificial stuff so I am looking at all the different crab ones
Me too brother, I got some good ones to try.
I’m pretty sure if you add a barrel swivel to your leader, you won’t have line twist. Happy fishing!
Seemed like a more active bite with live bait but if you ever run out while fishing it's good to have a back up in the tackle box. Great video
Definitely, thanks brother!
Love to see you on the Lynx. I’ve been loving mine it’s my primary kayak now it’s just so light and love the minimal nature of it.
Man me too. My Hobie PA doesn’t get any love any more lol
Man that lure is incredible. Truly, you don’t move the lure at all it’s suppose to just sit on the bottem and not move. The claws have foam so they float up and move around with the current and they see that and then they think the crab will pinch so they hit the claws, the only flaw with the lure is the strength of the hooks and replacability of the claws
I’m going to do some more testing with it just letting it sit on bottom.
Nice video man. Love this type of fishing.
Thanks man! These are my favorite types of videos to put out
Power bait crab. This? Ought to be tested/tried soft plastics. Perfect imitation with scent formula in the package.
I’ll definitely give it a look
I've used several types of fake crabs and tell Cranka Crabs worked the best of the bunch, but I agree with the negatives you mentioned. They were also very light and it was sometimes difficult to get them cast where I wanted and they also didn't do well in currents.
Yeah, I was considering putting some splitshot weights on it to help it stay down.
Awesome video man! 🎣🤙🏼
Thanks man!!
I’m new follower, I love the video, keep going with the videos like this one. Thanks.
🙌 thanks man, I got more on the way!
Keep doing comparisons this is awesome!
🙌 🙌 more on the way!
awesome video man
Thanks man!!
I still lol when I remember that video of the spot lock running you into the pilings at this spot. The Lynx is definitely a much safer choice. 🤣
😂 I won’t ever do that again lol
Awesome video. That takes a lot of patience to stick with the cranka crab for that long when you have bait with you. I look forward to the 5 crustacean video.
Man it was tough lol. I’ll be working on putting it together next week!
I use culp Crab's and sand flea's on a jighead works good also
I’ll give them a try
“It feels like a big fish” .. 1/2 oz crumb snatcher 😂😂😂
It be like that sometimes 😂
I usually catch bigger sheepshead on artificial sand fleas, but, I catch better numbers on fiddler crabs or sand fleas propper. But if I want donkey sheepshead, artificial, usually sight fishing.
Nice! What artificials do you like to throw for them?
@Southern Salt Berkeley makes a big soft sand crab I use alot, I also throw 3 to 4 inch Berkeley sand or pile worms. Blue Fox made a 1inch white grub, with legs that used to catch everything on, but sadly I have been able to find those for a while.
Nice! I’ll check those out!
@@southernsalt I think the biggest thing about using artificial baits for sheepshead, aside from using slightly larger than a natural bait, is the schooling nature of the sheep's head, I think the biggest pick and choose food the littler ones kinda graze, eating up as fast as they can.
I’ve honestly never thought about using lures to target sheepshead. I’ve caught as bycatch on lures. Hmmm🤔 might have to look into it!
It’s pretty fun when they’re fired up.
Oyster/barnacle guts>Mud crab>blue crab chunk>spider crab>fiddler crab>half shrimp >sand flea>artificial crabs
I strongly disagree lol
@@southernsalt I revised it, at least in the tampa bay area . Lol how would u rank them?
@@jckdnls9292 it’s hard to say. Sometimes all they will eat is shrimp and fiddlers don’t get much attention and other times fiddlers out perform everything else. Oyster and barnacle are definitely the best though.
I love the cranka crab but I hate dropping an $11-$13 lure with double trebles near structure
Surprisingly I’ve never got one hung up. But definitely too expensive to be losing lol
New to the channel, enjoyed the vid. Like the Cranka but there are a lot of toothy critters and rock piles where I fish and I can see things getting really expensive.
Welcome to the channel! Yeah I can definitely Lodi a few of these.
See losing
Nice fish on! Hey I demoed hobie lynx and it felt really difficult to pedal burns my muscle I never used a pedal kayak before is that normal? It was a rental so mask seemed bent if i put a lot of pressure pedaling you can her the mask biting the bottom of the kayak
It’s definitely not hard for me to pedal and doesn’t burn me out. I’ve also never had a client say it did either. Had to be something wrong with that kayak
@@southernsalt great thanks for advice
More imitation baits!
Got one dropping tomorrow!!
Can a Bottom Sweeper Jig be possible to use with the artificial crab?
I think so. Maybe I’ll try it.
Crank-A-WHAT! LETS GO
😂 😂 yessir lol
Boom! Cool video bro! I don't know if I have the patience that you have to keep throwing that Crab bait!!! I hope to see the video of you using different ones though!! Thank you for all that you do Nate!!!
Thanks brother, it was tough especially knowing I had a bunch of fiddlers right behind me lol
I got luer hack All you gotta do is take a rebel we craw And paint it to look like a fiddler crab I've been doing that for a while works pretty good
I wonder if it just wouldn’t work without painting it?
@@southernsalt it does with the more nature looking one's
I’ll have to give it a try!
Test out the Savage Gear crab lure!
I just dropped a video using that one as one of three crab lures.
Have you tried the ball jigs that imitate a fiddler? Curious to know if they work.
I have they work pretty good!
@@southernsalt
Thanks!
I like your voice
Lol right on!
Great video, what kind of place is that you are fishing at?
Thanks man. It’s an industrial canal
I saw the ship sitting there and thought it was loading from that dock :)
cranka crabs is the greatest thing in australia
They’re awesome lures for sure
@@southernsalt haha yeah and they cost like $25 usd minimum
Not bad buddy, try the savage gear crab. Cheaper but I think it will kill it.
I’ll give it a try, thanks
Hey there who makes the cranka crab
Cranka lures
15lb leader while fishing structure like that? Highly suggest using at least 40.
I’ve used 40 and didn’t get near as many bites. I found that 15-20 is just about perfect.
New here, so sorry to ask, but what state are ya in ?
I’m out of Alabama but I fish all over the gulf coast
Next video “how to hoodwink convicts”
Yessir lol, I like the way you think!
catch some saltwater catfish sometime
Not on purpose lol
What kayak are you using??
Hobie Lynx
Where are you fishing
An industrial canal.
I'm in Pascagoula Mississippi it just favors a place over here
Im new to your channel what state im in Central east coast florida
Live bait will always be The King..always give fish the same Bait.they eat on a daily basis in there habitat n ur gonna have a Productive Day 4sure
Maybe when it comes to sheepshead but I don’t believe that statement to be true for reds, flounder, and speckled trout. There’s also the problem of finding bait often times around here you can’t find fiddlers or shrimp so this provides a little confidence that you can still catch them without live bait.
How come you don't keep them?
I keep them sometimes but I throw back most fish I catch.
Put some sent on the artificial crabs. Works better.
I had pro cure on it
May seem excessive but? I'm willing to bet. Let a blue crab rot in a bucket. Thread a bit of sponge about 4 inches above your hook. Dip that sponge in that crab juice and any lure will work on sheepshead. That scent in the water is priceless, unfortunately it'll call in any hardheads too.
Yeah I bet that would work
NOPE
What you mean lol?
@@southernsalt QUALITY OF THE VID IS EXCELLENT - CONTENT WAS NOT TO MY TASTE... NO OFFENCE IMPLIED --- HAVE A GOOD LIFE
@@vebnew Roger that lol
Why do you sound like you struggle when hooking a sheep theyre so small lmao
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