Sheepshead

Sheepshead Fishing in the Sebastian, Florida Area

The sheepshead fishing can be very good here during the cooler months of the year.  Sheepshead bite well in the cooler weather and they move into the inshore waters as the weather gets colder and good numbers of them will stay through the winter.  The jetties are great spots to target sheepshead as well as docks, mangroves, bridges and any type of structures that are home to barnacles.

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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