Sheepshead, a three-part series. Part 1: catching sheepshead (and walleye, because when you're fishing for walleye you catch sheepshead - and when you're fishing for sheepshead, you catch walleye).

December is the month we make the transition away from bait fish, and shrimp becomes the primary diet for most fish. Apart ...

It's a hot summer day and we're out on Lake Erie fishing for sheepshead. You'd think we'd be out catching another kind of fish, but we're actually jigging for sheepshead with Stingnose Jigging Spoons.

Sheepshead: With the extreme cold weather this past week, sheepshead are again the most consistent catch for Tampa Bay area anglers and locations elsewhere. Strike ...

Swish, BAM! Swish, BAM! Swish, BAM! A triple-header. All three of us were connected to nice sheepshead at the same time. It was exciting. I had always thought of myself as a good sheepshead fisherman, ...

Captain Chase Krutzky, like many local fishing captains, hasn’t been as busy in 2024 as he was in years past. “This time last year I had more trips in January and February,” explained Krutzky, who ...

Last week, we were reminded that we’re getting into prime sheepshead season in the intracoastal, because sheepshead have a decent tolerance for cooler water. Craig Patterson, who owns and operates ...

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck, “Travels with Charley: In Search of America” Steinbeck must have loved catching bluefish because ...

Sheepshead are moving into the gulf to spawn, which is an opportunity to catch one weighing more than 5 pounds. They will hang over the rock piles on the outside of Egmont Key, most of the markers ...

Big bull redfish stack up in the outside bays this time of year, and they're a breeze to catch on days that aren't blowing like a tropical storm. (Photo by Jacques Laboureur) Catching fish is always a ...