Ghost shrimp as bait?

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palmtree7

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I was just wondering if I was to breed ghost shrimp are they good as bait for freshwater fishing?


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There great bait!! My ctenopoma and bichir love em!!!


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It would take a small hook. In a lot of places you can run a dipnet through vegetation and find ghost/grass shrimp so breeding them for bait doesn't really seem worth it.


There also very cheap at like 20 cents


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Around me ghost shrimp are about a dollar each


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Around me ghost shrimp are about a dollar each


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That's ridiculous..... I would inform them about it. Show them petsmart price


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The petsmart by me is 89 cents


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Mine is $0.39
Over here


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Yup that's the price near me


40 gallon
1x leopard ctenopoma
1x albino bichir
1x leopard pleco
With love plants in the tank

75 gallon native tank
5 pumpkin seed sunfish
1 red crayfish
1 spotted bass
 
They need brackish water to be fertile. I've never witnessed them used as bait. Interesting idea.

It depends on the species, the ones native to the southern US are pretty versitile and found anywhere from lakes to salt marshes.

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It's not a matter of being possible, but a matter of being legal. Although using a ghost shrimp as bait may seem harmless, check with the agency that regulates fishing where you live.


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