Winter Sheephead

[Bumfisherman]

If u can truly enjoy eating what u clean then it is worth it. So many fish are great to eat.

[AubreyLaHaye458]

Are there any regulations on em?
How big do you guys keep em before they get to be not as good anymore?


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[swamp snorkler]

Originally Posted by AubreyLaHaye458

Are there any regulations on em?
How big do you guys keep em before they get to be not as good anymore?


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No size or creel limitis and they all pretty tasty, even the larger one.

If you see a dock along a canal with some barncacle covered pilons drop you bait right next to it. Shrimp tipped jig head 3' under a cork.

[Garfish]

Sheepshead - 16 inches and 5 per person here in Texas. No size or creel limits in La.

[haoward]

So the sheepies like to hang around rocks and structure?

[Clampy]

Originally Posted by haoward

So the sheepies like to hang around rocks and structure?

Anything that has barnacles.


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["W"]

You can have all the sheephead you want here in La, less than 5% of fisherman keep them!

Load the boat!! They have a texas Group of guys who come every year and catch 400-500 in about 4 days

[bgizzle]

Originally Posted by haoward

So the sheepies like to hang around rocks and structure?

Rocks along the ship channel hold em. They eat the algae on the rocks as well. We were catching em last yr and they were throwing up the algae


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[haoward]

Are those the fish with the Human like teeth?

[fullrutt]

Originally Posted by haoward

Are those the fish with the Human like teeth?

Yes they are


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[bgizzle]

Originally Posted by haoward

Are those the fish with the Human like teeth?

But they don't bite so your good!


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[Clampy]

Originally Posted by "W"

You can have all the sheephead you want here in La, less than 5% of fisherman keep them!

Load the boat!! They have a texas Group of guys who come every year and catch 400-500 in about 4 days

They taste great but know way I want part in cleaning 500 of them bandits. I will keep 2-3 nice ones if I catch then but I rarely catch any on plastic.


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[pathfinder2200]

Take a nice sized sheephead scale it put in cheese cloth or one of those nylon bags your wife uses for delicate clothes and throw it in water being used for crab or crawfish boil. Let boil for about ten minutes take out and skin just peels off and you're left with meat that taste just like lump crab meat! Give it a try also works with other saltwater species but we find sheaphead are the best.

[Bumfisherman]

Do you de head and gut it before you boil it?

[pathfinder2200]

Yes dehead and gut first.

[cajun]

The only ones to spell Sheepshead correctly was Clampy and garfish. I bet they know how to cook them too. The only other fish to come close is a snapper.

[eman]

Originally Posted by Garfish

Sheepshead - 16 inches and 5 per person here in Texas. No size or creel limits in La.

I remember years ago stopping on the GI bridge on the way down and catching sheepshead so that we would have fish at the camp for the weekend.

[fishhawk]

Used to target them a little earlier in the winter, with the right conditions we could fill up ever cooler we had with 4-6 lb'er on ultra-light! Darn good eatin, I liked to de-head,gut n scale, season throw on grill...or I guess with smaller ones you could whole fry..oh yea...crab is good bait too

[Bumfisherman]

I know many toothless men who would love to have a set of teeth from a sheepshead!

[Superspook]

You can catch them on the near shore rigs in the winter.