Thread: Going to try this.Shellcracker & water snail's

Originally Posted by Slipped Cork

I have a pond full of small black brownish looking snail's in a shell.I'm thinking if I get some and crack them open and put the snail on a popeye the cracker's will tear them up,or fish on the bottom with a small hook and weight.Has anyone tried this? That's why they call them shellcrackers only I'm going to crack it open for them.Please let me know what ya think.

I'm not even sure you'd need to shell them. Hooking the snail would probably release scent. I've thought about it, but never tried it.
I read one report where a guy shelled mussels and used them. Not much success, nightcrawlers were better.
This year I'm going to try small crawdads if they reproduce in the pond.
Which I'm assuming they will.
Small garden/leaf worms are hard to beat though.

It might work, but, it is real hard to beat a worm for shellcrackers. I experimented and tried crickets on beds that were real active, nope, they wanted worms instead. I'm going to buy worms in bulk this year, it is almost time for them in my area. Good luck this season guys/gals.:D

Jr. B

When I was a kid we would use muscles from the river. That always worked really well.

Unfortunately, with pollution, draught and what not, there aren't near as many large muscles around as there use to be.

Oscar