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).

Most inshore fishermen have hooked up with trout or redfish when they hit the waterways this time of year. But don't forget the sheepshead — once you get your first look at one, you certainly won't.

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I, along with many others, chuckled at a social media post this week: "Sheepshead bite is on fire at the the South jetty now ... bring fiddlers ..." It was a post made in jest during the middle of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...