shrimps for wat species

im thinking of goin out thursday if the evening is good to collect a few shrimp in the shrimp net i have.am wondering if they r any good for bait or am i wasting my time.for salmon i remember they use to dye them purple etc.so for beach fishing do i need to dye them or will they fish well as they are.wat species r they good for ?

Thanx lads just wana add more bait to my stash if is any use.


Oh ya can u freeze them

sorry lads its in the wrong forum section,can mods if possible move it to (shore angling Q/A)forum

i think brian they good for all spesies which feeding over the sandy sea bed also very good for cod from boat or wee fellas from the shore
you can freez them alright there is bags of shrimps for sale in ours local shop
try them and you'll find out

Brian i use them a lot of the time, they work great for the flatfish over sand. a few times i wiped on three of the big ones on to a pennel rig and got thornies on them. my wee girl used to bring the small tub from lidl if we were going to a pier, she had non stop fishing with the mini species, have also picked up pollock, coalies rocklin on them.

Durin the winter i buy them in a chinese cash and carry down here and take the shell off and use the whole of the insides. It's a great bait to pick the bigger whiting out of the shoal.

Had a load of small shrimp in a sand eel net and froze them down, got a load of smoothound on them.
So they do work but don't cast terribly well.

wrasse love the bigger one`s but they are ripped from the hook too easily