Sheepshead For Bait

[DARK30]

I tried using live Sheepshead for bait twice last year. I caught a smaller Flathead on one of them. They are pretty easy to catch and really kick around good on the hook. I think I'm gonna give them some more time this year.

As far as we could tell in the regs...They are legal to use. They are not carp or goldfish and are not gamefish either.

Anybody else try um yet?

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[Guest]

You are not allowed to use carp for bait? Man I'm glad I don't live up that way. The rules seem a might to strick for me.

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Jim Reed
www.countrykatfishing.com

[Big_D]

DARK30 I have seen a few people using sheephead for bait before. They wernt catching very many catfish though. They were getting alot of sheephead while fishing with sheephead.

Its worth a shot to try it but I think that the regular baits work better.(Liver, worms, ect.)

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Big D

[Rainman]

You think they would work good! A few years ago we caught a 38lber and man did that thing stink we thought, so we looked down its throat and there was a half digested sheepshead hanging out of there, It smelled so bad we almost didn't take a picture of it!

Rainman

[vern]

Hey Dark, I used them for cut-bait years ago when I fished below St. Anthony Falls, but I've never tried fishing them as live bait. I might have to try that sometime or at least use them as a source for cut-bait. Good idea! It's easy to catch a bunch of small sheepshead on the Minnesota with a few crawlers. Vern

[Dennis Steele]

I have used them live for flats before.Didn't have much luck.I am not giving up on them.The time we tried them we didn't get anything on other baits as well.They realy do kick on the hook!
I have done good with them for cut bait though.When a guy runs out of cut bait and the cats are biting its not hard to get a few to cut up.

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