Understanding the diet of sheepshead is the key to catching the larger fish. Fooling these larger fish requires more thought and patience. Big sheepshead, like any other large, mature, fish adapt differently to their environment and take fewer chances than smaller fish. Consistently catching six to eight pound fish can be more challenging, and herein lays the true appeal. These fish are typically small, in the one to two pound range. Fish around pilings or rocks that are encrusted with barnacles, using fiddler crabs, and with a little practice you are likely to be successful. Just about anybody can learn to catch sheepshead. However, the vertical presentation and subtlety required in detecting bites seems more akin to drop shotting, a finesse technique employed by freshwater bass fishermen. Nevertheless, for the diehard sheepshead angler the pursuit can border on obsession.įishing for sheepshead, as often described by freshwater enthusiasts, is “a lot like fishing for brim”. They lack the popularity of red drum, or the glamour of billfish and tarpon.
They are abundant, can be caught in lots of places without the need of a boat, offer a real angling challenge, put up an excellent fight, and make fine table fare, yet don’t get the credit they deserve. There is something appealing about sheepshead.
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