Sheepshead Fishing in the Bradenton, FL Area
Sheepshead are popular in the inshore waters around Tampa Bay, Anna Maria Island & Longboat Key. You will find good numbers of them moving into the inshore waters during the colder months of the year. When it gets really cold, you can count on the sheepshead to be willing to eat a variety of baits.
Sheepshead Fishing Tips
Sheepshead are one of the tougher saltwater fish to catch on artificial lures. It can be done, but using live or natural baits can out fish lures by 10 to 1 or more at times. It is easy to understand why most anglers just go with live bait and they don’t even mess with lures when fishing for sheepshead. Shrimp and fiddler crabs are the most popular baits, but don’t rule out a variety of cut baits, oysters and sand fleas. Sheepshead are known for stealing your bait and they also are a tough fish, so make sure you have a strong enough hook and a solid medium-heavy to heavy action fishing rod or you will lose a lot of fish.
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