Fresh shrimp without a doubt. As previously stated in the posts above, they are more appealing to the fish and stay on the hook far better than old dead shrimp and those nasty old cured ones. If I can't find fresh shrimp, then I'll use eggs or just plain corky and yarn before I use those cured ones. If you must have cured shrimp, then color them LIVE with ProGlow bait coloring or some food coloring. The coloring usually kills them in fairly short order but they will still be fresh enough to use shortly thereafter.

The cured chartreuse or dead yellow-colored shrimp possesses no true flourescent color qualaties and I don't think they're goning to be as visible underwater as one might think. The best color of sandshrimp is the females which have an orangish or reddish color running down the center of the body. MMMMMM, medium female sandshrimpies and they taste good too!

Justin
CEO, Sauk River Steelhead Ranch