Live Pilchards

Live Pilchards, prime bait for everything you want to catch! There are may types of pilchards caught around Marathon, so the stock is always changing. Call the store at (305)393-4245 for more info.

Unit:

-Sold Per fish and by the dozen

Availability:

-Year round

Live Bait Pilchards

Live pilchards are a small, fast, schooling fish prevalent along grassy flats and deeper channels in Marathon and the middle Keys. For more info on pilchards check out our bait identification page.

About the species

Live Pilchards are great bait for a variety of fish especially mutton snapper, grouper, and the mackerel species. There are a variety of subspecies of pilchards found in the Middle Keys, so pricing varies. This listing is for 1/DZ live pilchards. For more info on what we carry, call the shop at (305)393-4245.

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