If you have a boat, you can obviously use any of the same 3 tactics. Some spots will have deeper water very close to shore but many will not. Depending where you are fishing, this may or may not work as you may or may not be able to reach the depth they are holding that day. Yet a third option is to use a VERY long rod, like a crappie pole or cane pole, to reach out and fish vertically over the underwater structure. It can be difficult to detect bites this way, but it will certainly work, and you won’t lose as much terminal tackle. You can expect to have some hangups and lost tackle with this method.Īnother option is to use a cork, and suspend your bait above the rocks at whichever depth you find to be most productive that day. If you do this, make sure you keep the slack out of your line the best you can so you can detect the bite. When fishing a Jetty from shore, a good tactic is to cast up-current and allow your bait to drift and fall over the submerged rocks. With ever-tightening regulations on the Gulf Coast fishery, sheepshead remain a plentiful species with a generous limit, so they are great to target for table fare. Additionally, they play second fiddle to more glamorous species, much like crappie do to the Largemouth bass. Sheepshead remind me a lot of crappie in that they have a similar panfish shape, they taste excellent and they are difficult to master. That, and the fact that they are so tasty! This makes for quite a challenging fish to catch, which is partly what makes them so fun to target. Their main hangouts include hard, jagged, line-cutting structures which makes it all the more difficult to land one after you get it hooked. In fact, at times, they can be quite finicky about which baits they will take. Pound for pound they are powerful fighters reminiscent of a giant bluegill, but,they don’t always share the willing appetite of a bluegill. These guys are very commonly caught in the 2 to 5 pound range, but it’s not unusual for them to get over 10 pounds, with the record being 21 pounds 4 ounces (Louisiana). Combine that with their black stripes and you can clearly see how they got their most common nickname of “Convict Fish”. With the aid of these tiny, strong mouths, sheepshead have mastered the art of stealing your bait. These teeth are one of the distinguishing characteristics between them and Black Drum, the only species they could likely be confused with.īoth sheepshead and black drum are grayish with dark vertical stripes on their sides, but the black drum does not have the toothy mouth of a sheepshead. The Fish photos include Red Snapper (Also Called Pensacola Red Snapper, Northern Red Snapper), Snook, Cobia, Black Drum (Also Called Drum, Drummer), Redfish (Also Called Red Drum), Bluefish, Sea Trout (Also Called Speckled Trout, Spotted Sea Trout), Wahoo (Also Called Pacific Kingfish), Yellowfin Tuna, Albacore Tuna Crevalle Jack (Also Called African Pompano), Atlantic Bonito, Black Grouper, Gag Grouper, Scamp Grouper, Grey Triggerfish, King Mackerel (Also Called Kingfish, Spanish Mackerel), Ladyfish, Sheepshead, Spadefish (Also Called Atlantic Spadefish, Angelfish), Southern Stingray, Spanish Mackerel, Tripletail (Also Called Black Grunt, Black Perch), Vermilion Rockfish, White Bass (Also Called Sand Bass), White Croaker, and White Grunt (Also Called Common Grunt).Sheepshead have small but powerful mouths full of human-like teeth which they use to eat barnacles right off the side of any hard structures such as bridge pilings and piers. Kings Fishing Charters Photo Album is a collection of our guests in action. Our clients are all smiles in the photos, and we're thrilled to have been a part of their memorable fishing experiences! Our gallery features a variety of great catches, including red snapper, grouper, mahi-mahi, and more. Welcome to our photo gallery! Here at King's Fishing Charter, we're proud to showcase the many successful fishing trips we've taken our guests on in the beautiful waters of Pensacola. Kings Fishing Charters' Fishing Gallery Information
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