Field Notes
Sheepshead all around
Sheepshead is one fish that can salvage a day of fishing. They are willing biters throughout February on live bait like crabs and shrimp. […]
Sheepshead
Field Notes
Summer sheepshead tactics
Chasing sheepshead with fiddler crabs and the right technique provides action and challenges for adults and children throughout the summer. […]
Features
Structure-loving sheepshead are an angler’s winter wonder
Sheepshead traditionally rank low on the desirability scale on the Mississippi Coast, but they provide outstanding sport for any angler. […]
Field Notes
‘Scraping’ is a little-used, effective method for catching sheepshead
Fishermen should try scraping barnacles and oysters off pier posts and seawalls to chum sheepshead into biting this September. […]
Newsletters
An easy way to clean sheepshead
Humberto Fontova expertly demonstrates the proper step-by-step technique of how to clean a sheepshead — including a great tip on avoiding the rib bones. […]
Columns
Species spotlight: Sheepshead
Sheepshead are sought after by many anglers for their sporty fight as well as their tasty table fare. Most succesful anglers devote a lot of time to them. […]
Field Notes
Chum up a sheepshead
Once located, it’s not difficult to get sheepshead to bite, but finding them first is the key, and chumming can be a way to concentrate the hungry fish. […]
Featured
New sheepshead regulations take effect today
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has sent out a reminder to recreational anglers that the new regulations for sheepshead are effective beginning today, May 16. […]
New Products
Cranka Crab
Sheepshead fishing is part fun, part frustration, and one of the frustrations comes from the fish’s ability to steal your bait before you know it. The main bait of choice among sheepshead anglers is a live fiddler crab. And catching the crabs, keeping them alive, and constantly rebaiting with them is no fun, and it’s time-consuming. […]
Sheepshead
Piling on sheepshead on the bridges
Sheepshead get little respect outside of the small percentage of coastal fishermen who relish the winter opportunity to easily rack up big catches of them. […]
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The Sound of better close-in fishing
Mississippi’s coastal fishermen, especially guides, look forward to October, because as the temperature cools, the cost of reaching a jackpot catch goes down. […]
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Catch more sheepshead with this lure from Down Under
Those crazy Australians. They talk funny and have weird names for stuff, but they are passionate about fishing. And one company from Down Under makes a lure that should appeal to many anglers, but especially sheepshead anglers.