Hey Bob, I rarely ever purchase sand shrimp. My pop always gets a pound or two of prawns, if I just cut 'em down to size will it be just as good a bait? Was thinking of using them with size 8 spin n glo. I'll have to refigure out how to rig my prawns, I once stumbled upon an EXCELLENT method whereby the prawn was hooked in such a fashion that it spun in the water.