Keys Shrimp

Im wondering too. Havent heard anything.

 

Shrimping is not big in the keys like it is up here.

 

Some people do shrimp in the keys but it certainly isn't as prevalent there as it is in this area. I lived in the lower keys for more than 30 years and never really knew about shrimping with lights until I moved up here. Most locals down there don't bother with it.

 

We always used to dip them off the seawall in the wintertime using a flashlight to see their glowing eyes. Never got five gallons that way but always enough for bait or dinner. All the shrimp for sale at the bait shops are trucked down from Biscayne Bay and you can't eat them because they are loaded with iodine. Even in the summertime, the dock at Little Palm Island always had a steady stream of shrimp and crabs floating by under the lights so I know they are there. But usually when you see a boat with underwater lights at night it is because they are bullynetting lobster.

 

I've heard stories of summer daytime shrimp runs in the keys but I've never been able to catch the run. Of course that could just be fish tales I've heard from some old lobsterman.