Sheephead Spawn

Ate this for the 1st time last week. Had to youtube how to clean it because they are bony lil suckers. Wasnt much meat on it but it sure was good. Wont be throwing them back I know that! Ive also heard that sailcats were good. I just dont want to get that damn slime in my boat.

I forget the name, but the reciprocating fillet saw works wonders on sheephead.
And as for sailcats, i've eaten them before and they're okay... but the only way i'm keeping them is if absolutely nothing else is biting.

I'm not the authority on sheephead, but I fished in some area like you described today sight fishing for redfish and saw hundreds of sheephead. All in very shallow water.

They didn't want the gulp alive shrimp, but my arrow did find one after we limited out on reds.

I think sheephead are Damn good eating. Serrated dexter Russell. Takes a big one to get a good slab, but the meat is as white as anything.

I've filled boxes easy in dularge in dead shrimp this time of year.

quote:

---

And as for sailcats, i've eaten them before and they're okay... but the only way i'm keeping them is if absolutely nothing else is biting.

---

they are good if you completely cut all the red off and they need to be at least around 18"-24" to be worth cleaning since you are only going to get meat off of the back half so a 18" fish will give you around a 8"-10" fillet and a 24" fish will give you around a 12"-13" fillet.

pretty good eating and tastes just like your regular average catfish

I use them for making Courtbouillon

as for sheepshead, they are great eating but I don't keep them unless they are big, just too wastefull to kill a fish for such a small amount of meat you get from them. for me it takes something over 18" to even think about keeping it

quote:

---

SheepShead

---

I know. And I thought long and hard about spelling it correctly.
Still couldn't bring myself to do so.

...almost like saying "crayfish" instead of "crawfish" for me.

shite man. The best meat is right behind that big ole head.