My largest sheepshead

[RBuker]

Thought you might like to see this pic. I got her last summer. She was just shy of 18lbs.

[Andrew Erickson]

Wow nice fish

[CatManLee]

Wow, was that caught in MN? It looks like you caught it in a lake? I know there are bigguns out there, but never seen one that big myself. I know it's a sheephead, but anyone would have fun catching that thing. My biggest to date from river fishing has only been about 6lb's and I though that was a good sized one. Congrats.

[Maashkinoozhe]

The otoliths in that thing would be huge!! Did you catch that one in the Mississippi?

Dave D

[Dan Thiem]

WHOA! That thing looks like a mutant on steroids. What's in the belly of that thing? My biggest is only 6.8 lbs. It's shadowed by yours. Nice sheepie dude!

Here's mine.

[RBuker]

Nope, that one was taken on a lake in west central Minnesota. There are some big ones in that lake but this monster is the largest I've ever seen. Took me by surprise.

[Tyler Holm]

Holy Drum.

That's a brusier. It almost looks like it just spawned with the belly sag.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Wow! By "West-Central Minnesota" are we talking the Spicer area? I've gotten a ton out of Norway Lake, but none near that big!

[RBuker]

Nope, near Alex.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Thanks, just wanted to see if I was missing out by wasting time on the walleyes

[Roughfisher]

My biggest sheephead was about half that size. Also from a Western Minnesota Lake. And it was delicious!

[Kurt Paulsen]

Ah HA! So I am not the only one out there eating these! I would say I eat drum more often than any other fish. When you have a few in the 1-3lb range you can treat them just like tilapia. I sometimes cook 'em whole or filleted. They do have some great white meat! That thing is absolutely ridiculous by the way! Wow.

[Bobb-o]

are there alot of bones in them like in other rough fish? (northern, walleye, bass, etc?)

[Kurt Paulsen]

I have found that they have a simple rib cage more similar to a panfish than carp or sucker.

[Tyler Holm]

I just picked this one up. Thought I would throw it in the mix. It doesn't compare to the ones above, but it was caught on a 6'6" UL rod with 4# mono.

New personal best!

[Ralph Wiggum]

On the advice here, I filleted one up and fried it over the 4th. It was great!

[buzzsaw]

Okay, I have not visited this forum before and oh my gahd are those fish huge! I had no idea they got that big! Very nice.

[rushing]

I dont know excatly what my largest weighed, maybe 5-6lbs but I can tell you what I caught him on. I caught him while out flathead fishing on the Blue Earth river. That crazy sheepie took a 7in bullhead! Well I should say tried to take it. I didnt really hook the sheepie I just pulled him in, the bulhead was wedged so tight in his mouth that if it wasnt for me pulling the thing out sheepie woulda died. silly drum

[DTro]

Here's one a co-worker caught on one of our spring river trips. It was the biggest I've seen yet. I know there are much bigger ones though.

BTW he kept a bunch and cooked them up. He said it was one of the best tasting fish he's had.

[Kyle Sandberg]

That 18 pounder may be huge but it is dwarfed in comparison to the state record.

35 lbs. 3 oz THAT IS A HUGE SHEEPSHEAD.

Just imagine trying to reel that sucker in.

[PierBridge]

We got that one beat......

We had to fire the engine up and chase this beast for a while....

Misssissippi River "upper pool 2" Drum....

[DEADhead]

nice beast, how much did that one weigh?