Aunt Margies Bait Camp

Where to start with this place? I’ve been to Aunt Margie’s on several occasions, and I will not be going back for the following reasons:
1) The staff. I’ve encountered two individuals working at this place in my three trips. One guy, a bit younger, I saw twice and he was about as personable as a foot. No help, no tips, no advice for someone new to the area. The other guy looked like Santa Claus and wouldn’t stop telling us about how drunk he was going to get once he got off work, with every 6 or so words an f-​bomb. Specifically, at one point he said «f*** this place if they think they’ll keep me from drinking». I understand this is a bait shop, but I’ve seen better employees at gas stations and adult novelty shops.
2) The staff, again. Twice now, when getting shrimp for live bait, my bucket has included sea robins and crabs. I haven’t had this problem at other baitshops. I’m concerned because crabs and sea robins are both capable of inflicting some damage on some unsuspecting fingers.
3) Reliability. Today, I drove 2−½ hours to Galveston from my hometown, leaving at 4:00 am in the hopes to have my line in the water before sunrise. I was counting on Aunt Margie’s for live bait. Called their location while at Bucees around 6 to confirm that they were open; their voicemail indicated that their hours Sunday — Thurs had changed so that they now opened at 5 a.m. The voicemail ended with a reassuring «We’ll be here!»
«Great!» I thought, and headed that way only to find the lights off, no cars present in the lot, and doors locked. Thank you, Aunt Margie, for throwing my carefully planned trip into a hectic «wtf do I do now for live bait» scenario.
I won’t be visiting this place again, ever. I’ll have better luck with a cast net.

I love Joe he is one that supplies the shrimp from his boat and works there after coming ion with his catch. Please support ur local galveston shrimpers. If anything is wrong always tell them.

friendly helpful staff
bought dead shrimp for $ 4.50 lb… which would of been a decent price if they werent soft & mushy already
but because i liked the staff and want to support local… i will give them a 2^nd chance to redeem

You can get hooked on this place, even if you’re not a shrimp.
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Shrimp catch fish on a hook, and on a plate, catch humans. In both cases, you need to buy fresh shrimp, and live ones are best. Aunt Margies is a good supplier, and is entertaining, with all the cute little sayings on signs on the walls inside. The owner and workers are knowledgeable about fishing, so feel free to ask them questions.
They have a number of large, open-​top, aerated, galvanized steel tanks that contain live shrimp.
The shrimp are healthy, and move like Jagger when they see the net coming. If there are any dead shrimp, the netter will take ‘em out, and put them on the «past shelf life» rack for fast food restaurant purchasers. Just kidding !! … I think.
I bought a pound and loaded them into a cooler, and went fishin’ in the Bay on a kayak.
I would like to thank the shrimp for doing a good job, but they can’t hear me. They served their place on the food chain (especially the one swallowed) as far as a speckled trout (legal size) is concerned, … and likewise for the trout in his place in the food chain.
Fishing tips for beginners:
1. Bait does not need to be trained to catch a fish. Decline any other bait shop dealer who tells you for $ 5 he will train the shrimp to learn Samba to catch a Spanish Mackerel.
2. How to put the bait on the hook: You have to hold the shrimp tight enough to keep it from snapping its tail and getting loose, but grip lightly enough to keep everything inside it … and no, you didn’t pop the eyes out; they grow on the outside like that.
3. Put the hook through the neck, with the hook tip towards the tail, and out of sight of the shrimp, who by now knows you are not a friend. Fishing supporters say shrimp don’t feel pain. But, how do we know? Maybe we just don’t know how to interpret 10-​handed sign language. Luckily, most hungry fish don’t either.
4. Don’t stab yourself with the hook, because there is this tiny bacteria … smaller than your paycheck … called the human-​flesh-​eating micro monsters, that love to snuggle in small open flesh wounds and gorge themselves like their hosts at an all-​you-​can-​eat buffet, until you are as hollow as a politician. Let’s just say it’s not pleasant to be the food of another animal. Oops! But rationalize the shrimp situation differently. After all, the water is murky and how could they see anything with those pokey-​outy eyes? If that doesn’t work, think about the best fried shrimp you’ve ever eaten.
5. Put shrimp on hook about a foot under the water surface under a popping cork, and wait for the pop sound, which to guys, means drink, eat, repeat, and later perhaps take a nap. Naps can be longer if you let the bait stealer fish take the shrimp. Don’t worry about the nap secret, guys. After the previous paragraphs, the wives probably stopped reading.
6. Keep enough big bait shrimp in case you don’t catch any fish, and then you can come home and say «great treat tonight, Honey … boiled shrimp for dinner»!
You can spend a lot of money for the fishing experience (excluding food and drink: boat, trailer, gasoline, supplies and bait). Just to break even, you could eat a $ 25 fish at a nice restaurant once per week for 6 – 20 years, depending on the boat cost. Again, don’t worry about this financial analysis, guys, the wives are not reading this.