Hello folks, today we're jigging up a less-common, yet still fantastic fish, the freshwater sheepshead. We're drifting along Lake Erie here in southern Ontario using the flexi-jig baited up with ...

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).

It’s hard to forget a sheepshead once you’ve seen one. The spiny coastal dwellers are distinguished by their cool nickname, “convict fish”—thanks to the black and white stripes—and unnervingly ...

The other day I wrote about redfishing, which was the main goal when my family visited Louisiana a few weeks ago. Today I want to cover some of the side fishing that we did. First I have to deviate on ...

The fronts are picking up some steam. When they pass through, winds climb, rain falls hard for about 20 minutes and if you're caught on the water, you may feel a little vulnerable. But the good news ...

“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 ...

After weeks of tossing back perfectly fine but out of season sea bass, anglers can start keeping them Tuesday, when the fall season begins. Several party boats will target them. There will be breezy ...

A few weeks ago, Captain John Gunter was seeing sheepshead in odd places around the bay. “There was one day they were mixed in with redfish around an oyster bar in Terra Ceia Bay,” said the ...

A sizable fish kill of freshwater drum, also known as sheepshead, has happened on portions of Lake Erie in the Erie area. “It was specific to the species occurrence due to fairly rapid changes in the ...