Thread: Googan's First Sheepshead

1.) Sheepshead don't bite at night.
2.) Sheepshead don't bite artificial glow-in-the-dark shrimp.

This one bit like a Spanish slamming a Gotcha one night in April of 2013. I just knew I had unlocked the key to catching those big specks under the night lights but it turned out to be a convict. Being the only soul on the pier that night, I laid my rod on the rail with the reel under the rail while trying to get my net down to the water thinking it was secure. That turned out to be a bad idea and the combo went over the rail. After about an hour of failing to snag the rod with a lure a couple of local teenagers showed up. One of the guys waded out about neck deep and recovered my rod-and my first sheepshead. I didn't get their names and I butchered this creature trying to clean it. Ended up with enough meat to put on a small biscuit. I have caught several more at night in the shallows as bycatch on live shrimp while chasing specks and I am a little better at cleaning them. I'm dying to get back down and drown a few shrimp and fiddlers. Tight lines.

Here's how Capt. T-bone does it...

Originally Posted by Pier#r

Here's how Capt. T-bone does it...

awe they aren't that bad to clean

Originally Posted by ironman172

awe they aren't that bad to clean

Not once you figure out there is a flap of skin by the dorsal fin with no scales on it. An electric filet knife is a big help too.

Notice the knife used (black handle) my favorite knife for larger scaled fish., bought at J&M for 5.00
best bargin around my go to knife except for skinning spanish (meat off the skin)

After cleaning a big redfish last year im sure the chainsaw would make life easier lol

Originally Posted by mike243

After cleaning a big redfish last year im sure the chainsaw would make life easier lol

Get your blade on the inside quick, cutting to the outside, easy coming through the skin and not the scales first....sharks are the same way (except they don't have scales, just tough skin)