Destin, FL Vacation Guide: Activities, Discounts & Hidden Gems

While digging for sand fleas to use as bait, I found something you don’t see every day on the beach 👀🦀 This isn’t a regular sand flea — it’s a spiny mole crab. Unlike the smooth sand fleas most anglers know, this one has small spines along its shell, which is what makes it so rare to spot. They usually stay buried deep in the surf zone and are most common in clean, high-energy beaches with strong wave action. A few cool facts 👇 • They burrow backward into the sand in seconds • They filter-fee