Sheepshead Fishing in the Orange Beach / Gulf Shores, AL Area
Sheepshead are very common here, especially during the winter months as these fish love moving into the inshore waters when cold weather hits. Fish the docks, pilings, bridges and anywhere you can find some barnacles. Sheepshead are one of the most consistent fish to catch inshore when it gets really cold here.
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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