Harvesting Sand Fleas is backbreaking work. Enter the new soft plastic Sand Flea by Mr. Pompano. (Carolina Lures) His sand fleas are available with a sand flea shaped jig head, but what about the rocky inlets that love to steal jigs?
Here’s a couple of new ways to rig them for success.
The first choice is to “drop-shot” them over the rocks, out of harms way. The StandOUT™ hook is the most effective choice. Using an original Mojo® sinker allows you to get your rig back in most cases if it does get hung up.
The second rigging method can be fished behind an egg lead while the Sand Flea floats above the bottom. The new Mojo Rig saver weight would be more snagless.
Simply twist in the HitchHiker rigging coil and snap onto a size 1 or 1/0 Bleeding Bait – Circle Wide™ Hook*.
Background – Sand Fleas are a terrific bait for many East and Gulf Coast game fish. Sand fleas burrow into the sand at the waters edge where they are dug by savvy anglers. The roe-egg laden females or soft shell-molting sand fleas are most prized by anglers because they are most preferred by fish. Digging sand fleas is back breaking work that anglers thankfully won’t have to experience anymore thanks to our new bait.
Description – A dead ringer for the real thing we have even gone as far as using two tone color schemes to perfectly imitate roe-egg bearing females. Natural scents are molded into the plastic. Gamefish absolutely love these realistic lures… One of our favorite rigs has a Pompano Jig with a sand flea on a dropper loop above. We also love to put a sand flea on a pompano or other jig and work it where the fish are. Yummee sand fleas also work on bottom rigs, carolina rigs , and even under a cork. You can also use a bit of natural bait on the same hook as a Yummee Sand Flea… FISH LOVE THEM!
Colors: NOTE Second color is found in the Sand Fleas egg sack-bottom area.
Colors: 01, Natural/Orn, 02 Natural/Pink, 03 Natural, 04 Surf Chicken, 05 Sand/Red, 06 Sand Pink, 07 Sand/Orn
Sand Flea Jig Heads, are system matched to perfectly fit together with a Yummee Sand flea without compromising any intricate details. This creates the most realistic sand flea jig ever made. They are deadly on all inshore gamefish. Two tone paint simulates the egg sack found on real spawning sand fleas. Colors: 01 Pearl/orn, 02 Pearl/pink, 09 No Pt
The Sand flea retails for $2.99 for a 4/pack and the Sand Flea jighead comes in several sizes and retails for $4.99 for a 3/pack. Contact your local tackle store or Carolina Lures, P.O. Box 1925, Blairsville, Georgia 30514 or
Phone – 706-374-7761/Fax – 706-374-7798 or email: [email protected]
* For information on the Bleeding Bait -Circle Wide™ Hook, check with your local tackle store or contact TTI-Blackmore Fishing Group at 100 Red Eagle Road, P.O. Box 1177, Wetumpka, AL 36092-1177 or call 334/567-2011
Sand Flea design is a trademark of Carolina Lures, Inc Copy righted 2003.
By: TJ Stallings
