[Stonefish]

Found this shrimp in the shallows this morning.
Photo courtesy of DimeBrite.

I'm thinking perhaps a immature cooonstripe......yes or no?
Thanks for your input.
SF

 

[Now Gone]

Atlantic Shrimp

 

[SilverFly]

Looks like the same ones I see occasionally when surf fishing. They bury into the sand like mole crabs. No idea what the species is but have always assumed it was an inter-tidal critter.

BTW, Once many years ago they were pretty thick on the beach we were camping by. I was curious if they tasted good so grabbed a dozen or so. They were delicious fried quickly in some olive oil and a dash of garlic. Ate them whole too, being the seafood sicko I am. Too bad they aren't 10x bigger.

 

[flyfisherman_sean]

Found this shrimp in the shallows this morning.
Photo courtesy of DimeBrite.

I'm thinking perhaps a immature cooonstripe......yes or no?
Thanks for your input.
SF

View attachment 142142

My guess is ghost shrimp.

 

[napawino (Roger Craft)]

My guess is ghost shrimp.

Yep. Or more commonly called just "sand shrimp". Best bait there is for perch in the salt.

 

[Bobbin]

Crangonid shrimp, lots of them in shallow bays

 

[Steelhead]

Not sand shrimp.... better chance of being an Atlantic shrimp

 

[Chucker]

Crangon franciscorum

 

[napawino (Roger Craft)]

Call them whatever you want, or call them later for dinner. Around here those are SAND SHRIMP.

 

[Bagman]

Crangonid shrimp, lots of them in shallow bays

I'm not an expert but I'm going to say Bob is correct.

 

[wanative]

Not what N.W. steelhead fishers call ghost or sand shrimp.

 

[Bobbin]

Not what N.W. steelhead fishers call ghost or sand shrimp.

Calianassus sp. and upogebia sp. are the sand shrimp used for bait

 

[wanative]

Calianassus sp. and upogebia sp. are the sand shrimp used for bait

I don't know what those are but the picture @Stonefish posted is not the "sand shrimp" commonly used in NW. rivers as bait.

 

[SilverFly]

I don't know what those are but the picture @Stonefish posted is not the "sand shrimp" commonly used in NW. rivers as bait.

Yeah, not eating one of those.

 

[SilverFly]

Found this shrimp in the shallows this morning.
Photo courtesy of DimeBrite.

I'm thinking perhaps a immature cooonstripe......yes or no?
Thanks for your input.
SF

View attachment 142142

@Stonefish, were you fishing an ocean beach? Or somewhere in the Sound? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[Shamoo]

its a dock shrimp, there plenty around Puget Sound ..steelhead bait!

 

[Stonefish]

@Stonefish, were you fishing an ocean beach? Or somewhere in the Sound? Inquiring minds want to know.

SF,
I was fishing the sound.
I think Bob nailed it in the ID.

Definately not a sandshrimp, at least any sandshrimp I've ever seen, dug or used as bait.
SF

 

[Stonefish]

its a dock shrimp, there plenty around Puget Sound ..steelhead bait! View attachment 142235

Dock "aka Coonstripe" shrimp was my first thought as well bhudda.
SF
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/shrimp/identification.html

 

[SilverFly]

SF,
I was fishing the sound.
I think Bob nailed it in the ID.

Definately not a sandshrimp, at least any sandshrimp I've ever seen, dug or used as bait.
SF

Curiosity got the best of me and it took some searching to nail this down.

It appears Bob was correct (not that I doubted him) in it being a Crangonid shrimp: Crangon stylirostris or "Lissocrangdon stylirostris". A couple of common names come up, either "smooth bay shrimp" or "smooth sand shrimp".

A few other links:

pugetsoundsealife.com

University of Portland

ECOLOGY OF A POPULATION OF LISSOCRANGON STYLIROSTRIS

 

[Steelhead]

its a dock shrimp, there plenty around Puget Sound ..steelhead bait! View attachment 142235

Shrimppimp