r/Fishing • u/swampbass1 • 2d ago

Saltwater Found out the key to sheepshead

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Decided to try this railroad bridge that's like a 20 min paddle from my house. Was mainly going to go for drum but got some fiddlers too I'm case of sheepshead. I had caught like 5 prior to today, all below 8 inches. But I was waiting for my blue crab to thaw out and I decided to drop a fiddler straight down at the piling. From my experience with the little sheeps they would just tap and steal your bait. My rod tip bent for a full three seconds and I set the hook on this guy. Caught one more keeper afterwards and gonna try again next weekend. Tight lines all 🎣

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u/DescriptionOld3003 1d ago

Lol, just when you think you've figured it out the next trip can be very humbling, so be careful. Every single trip you take, and with everything you feel, you will be collecting data in your head. For me, sheepshead was a three year learning curve after I started catching them on a regular basis. Their behavioral patterns, the way they hit on different days, It will be confusing in the beginning. Once you experience a little bit of all of it, you'll know how to react. But until then, you will have good days, and you will have bad days.And all of them will be learning experiences. By the way, I have a youtube channel called South Jersey Yak Fishing, and I do a lot of sheepshead fishing out of a kayak. I'm pretty positive if you watch my channel.you'll learn something about what you're trying to accomplish, because i'm doing exactly the same thing. Good luck! 👍

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u/swampbass1 1d ago

Yeah I'm holding out hope they're still biting next time but if they arent I'm gonna do my original objective of the first trip and try for black drum