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Best method for catching sheepshead off the dock
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:15 pm
i put an underwater light next to my dock about six weeks ago. Have noticed more and more fish as the water temp has increased. Last night there were quite a few sheepshead feeding on what looked like minnows. I've caught a few sheepshead in the past just using dead shrimp on the bottom, but what is the best method for my current situation? Is it even worth trying artificial? Live shrimp under a cork?
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Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:20 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Sheephead will tear a fiddler crab a new a-hole. You can trap them easily with a 2 liter bottle trap on a mudflats.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:20 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Here's a wild guess but have you tried a minnow?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:27 pm to Sofa King Crimson
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what is the best method for my current situation?
You tried some dead skrimp on a hook?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:29 pm to Sofa King Crimson
I don't know about sheepshead, but in general, casting white crappy jigs with curly tails and 1/32 oz jig heads with an ultralight and reeled quickly through the outskirts of the light is very effective. If you need more weight, add a split skinker 12" up the line for better casting
This post was edited on 5/6/19 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:35 pm to Sofa King Crimson
I’d use dead shrimp to catch them. Sheepshead seem to bite anything and they seem pretty stupid honestly
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:39 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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Sheephead will tear a fiddler crab a new a-hole.
This works the best. Dead shrimp will work too. I tend to use smaller hooks and find it works better for sheeps.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:43 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Fish in clean water and lighted by an underwater light will eyeball the shite out of a bait.
This post was edited on 5/6/19 at 4:52 pm
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:48 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Dead shrimp on the bottom.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 4:56 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Sheepshead will very rarely hit on artificial. Dead shrimp will work just fine.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 5:01 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Dead shrimp on a jig head has always worked for me.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 6:46 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Zoom Tiny Fluke. We catch all kind of stuff under the pier lights with these.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 6:46 pm to Sofa King Crimson
As others have said, dead shrimp. And don't cast away from the dock. They will be close to the structure.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 6:51 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Sounds like you’d rather use artificial. I’ve caught a lot of them on a clear split tail sparkle beetle with a red jig head.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 6:51 pm to Sofa King Crimson
we used to take a flat blade shovel and scrap the barnacles on the pilings...
then drop a small hook with a small piece of dead shrimp on it and wear them out...
then drop a small hook with a small piece of dead shrimp on it and wear them out...
Posted on 5/6/19 at 8:39 pm to farad
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:21 pm to farad
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Farad
He’s 100% right.
This post was edited on 5/6/19 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 5/6/19 at 10:04 pm to Sofa King Crimson
Dead shrimp but downsize your hook and let them eat it good before sweeping the rod. No need to hammer it home
Posted on 5/6/19 at 11:45 pm to rilesrick
Do you have a bowfishing rig or gig? If so, scrape the barnacles off your dock and give them hell.
If not, still scrape the barnacles and drop some skrimp or fiddler's down.
If not, still scrape the barnacles and drop some skrimp or fiddler's down.
Posted on 5/7/19 at 6:17 am to Sofa King Crimson
dead shrimp under a cork. you will know its a sheepshead because they play with it before they bite, the corks will be moving around not up and down.
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