Sheepshead
Best sheepshead baits
Most fishermen think of fiddler crabs as the top sheepshead bait, and they catch fish with them. Fiddler crabs are most often seen just above the water’s edge in salt and brackish estuaries. […]
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Inshore Fishing
Sheepshead – the convict fish
Sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, are often called convict fish due to the vertical black bars on their sides. […]
Inshore Fishing
Tide rips, ledges and shells mean sheepshead
Capt. Ryan O’Neal said that one look in a sheepshead’s mouth shows exactly where to look for them: around crustaceans, mollusks and especially barnacles for them to eat. […]
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Sheepshead making up some nice catches in Beaufort-area waters
Sheepshead might been an awfully funny name for a fish, but inshore anglers don’t mind the moniker, and they are currently having good luck catching these fish in the creeks and inlets of Beaufort County. […]
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Sheepshead are moving to a new ‘pasture’
The upcoming removal of sheepshead from the snapper/grouper complex has fisheries managers scrambling to account for the state’s flourishing population. […]
Inshore Fishing
Where to catch sheepshead
The better places to find sheepshead will be those that get less fishing pressure. Capt. John Ward recommended trying these locations until you find some of your own: […]
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Huge river sheepshead, flounder mark southeastern inshore action
Anglers discovered several years ago that Cape Fear River flounder grew to the most prodigious sizes of any flatfish at the southeastern coast, topping doormats caught from the ocean or local marsh creeks. […]
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Flounder, sheepshead providing action from Swansboro to Beaufort
Flounder fishing is hot from Swansboro’s Bogue Inlet to Beaufort Inlet and all points between. […]
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CIA tournament spies plenty of sheepshead
When the Charleston Inshore Anglers sheepshead tournament rolls around each year, the secret is out that another summer of fishing tournaments is officially under way. […]
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Sheepshead, flounder, reds inshore at Crystal Coast
Sheepshead, flounder and red drum are providing most of the current action for Atlantic Beach/Morehead City inshore anglers. […]