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Captain Rich
02-11-2019, 03:54 PM
These cuties are Sheepshead, we catch them in the inlet during winter months. Very good eating ! Nice dentures too, remind me of tog.
shrimpman steve
02-12-2019, 10:41 AM
Nice convicts rich.
Will make plans to see you soon
teddysclaw
02-12-2019, 11:28 AM
its like they hybridized a porgy and a blackfish. They taste awesome as well. Taste is also a hybrid of porgy and tog. Wish we still had em up here
atcojg
02-12-2019, 01:49 PM
caught some of these off the Oregon Inlet bridge. DELICIOUS
dakota560
02-12-2019, 03:41 PM
Those are some serious dentures! I heard they're very good eating as well and put up a good fight. How far North do they range? Are crabs typically the bait of choice?
dfish28
02-12-2019, 04:14 PM
We get some up here in south Jersey, I’ve heard of them caught around the red church too, with a pic
blindalfred
02-12-2019, 04:50 PM
Another "remember when" story. That's how Sheepshead Bay got its name. Still the odd one caught occasionally. My last was off the breakwater jetty in Atlantic Highlands from the kayak a long time ago.
Bluefish
02-12-2019, 07:44 PM
used to get them mixed in with porgy and blowfish off the cedars by the old golfballs way back
Belmarguy
02-12-2019, 11:27 PM
Another "remember when" story. That's how Sheepshead Bay got its name. Still the odd one caught occasionally. My last was off the breakwater jetty in Atlantic Highlands from the kayak a long time ago.
#livinginthe50s if that even was true which I doubt it with the colder climates back then which we haven’t seen since then or before then:)
shrimpman steve
02-13-2019, 01:50 AM
I have always been told sheepshead bay was named for the fish. According to wiki it is true.
“The bay was named after the edible fish that used to be caught there”
waynemaxwell
02-15-2019, 11:05 PM
tbh, that fish has better teeth than most humans too
Reel Class
02-16-2019, 05:53 AM
A lot of people in the north confuse juvenile black drum with sheepshead as they also have those convict bars but the head and dentures are very different.
porgylber
02-16-2019, 12:59 PM
I will agree, they are good eating! I have caught them while fishing for redfish in the Louisiana bayous. They put up a nice tussle on light tackle.
bulletbob
02-16-2019, 02:38 PM
They are around in modest to decent numbers in NJ most years... Barnegat Light , mid to late summer,, close to the rock piles . They are around most inlets and shallow rock pile or wood piling areas from Barnegat Inlet down to cape may... Shallow water snags and rock piles that don't get pounded are the best bet . Fiddler crabs, quartered green crabs, sand bugs...bob
Captain Rich
02-16-2019, 08:25 PM
Those are some serious dentures! I heard they're very good eating as well and put up a good fight. How far North do they range? Are crabs typically the bait of choice?
Down here shrimp (sorry Steve) are the bait of choice, either on a jig head or on a small hook on a 4 foot leader to a swivel stopping a small egg sinker. If this doesn't make sense let me know and I'll try to explain better.
Gumada
02-16-2019, 09:48 PM
They are caught occasionally in BI along the rock jetties each summer.
Capt Sal
02-17-2019, 10:31 AM
Catch them all the time here in Melbourne Florida.Shrimp, sand fleas fiddlers,blue crab, ''BARNACLES". Scrape the pilings and put a barnacle on a small hook.It all works.Kind a like blackfish-some people can crush them and others swing and miss lol
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