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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Jace on March 02, 2010, 06:14:04 PM

Title: Shrimp for Steelies
Post by: Jace on March 02, 2010, 06:14:04 PM
Yes, I know i will be told to search the forums.....I did, and did not find any specific posts on shrimp.
Just wondering what type of shrimp people use, how the cure them/or do anything to them, and how they present the shrimp.

I was just going to go to a save on foods and grab a bag of the raw grey shrimp.... what are your thoughts...
Title: Re: Shrimp for Steelies
Post by: Bassonator on March 02, 2010, 06:23:13 PM
Go for it, shrimp work great by themselves or on jigs. I thaw mine and then cut them into pieces and wrap them in roe sacks.
Title: Re: Shrimp for Steelies
Post by: Jace on March 02, 2010, 06:26:20 PM
Alright, I was also thinking of using a whole one or half and feed the hook through it and put some wool in the bait loop
Title: Re: Shrimp for Steelies
Post by: fishingbuddha on March 02, 2010, 06:36:29 PM
shrimp is my preferred bait for steelies. i swear by the ghost shrimp but due to laziness have moved to cooking fresh shrimp to simply using shrimp rings from save on. i use spider thread to keep the shrimp on. however on  some systems roe seems to work better. i also use a combination of corkies and wool with my shrimp.,
Title: Re: Shrimp for Steelies
Post by: Jace on March 02, 2010, 06:51:27 PM
Sorry for being a newb lol, but what are corkies , and what are ghost shrimp?
And ive never seen a pic of a shrimp set up if anybody has one.
Title: Re: Shrimp for Steelies
Post by: hue-nut on March 02, 2010, 07:00:02 PM
Sorry for being a newb lol, but what are corkies , and what are ghost shrimp?
And ive never seen a pic of a shrimp set up if anybody has one.

google it
Title: Re: Shrimp for Steelies
Post by: vancook on March 02, 2010, 08:08:05 PM
Sorry for being a newb lol, but what are corkies , and what are ghost shrimp?
And ive never seen a pic of a shrimp set up if anybody has one.
Corkies are little ball shaped, coloured, floating things....lol you run your line through them and help to float your presentation.
Ghost shrimp are well shrimp, some call them bugs. you can dig/pump them from the beach at low tide...they kinda look like miniature lobster cray fish things. But for pictures just google it or go on youtube for videos
Title: Re: Shrimp for Steelies
Post by: Jace on March 02, 2010, 08:13:52 PM
Thanks for the help, I think ill go get some raw shrimp and thread the hook through them and maby put a little pink wool at the top.
Title: Re: Shrimp for Steelies
Post by: BCfisherman97 on March 02, 2010, 08:15:05 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2FJ8lOEk4Q