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February 4, 2023
Homesheepshead

sheepshead

Field Reports

Epic rock jetty fishing

February 1, 2023 Jared Serigne

Jared Serigné fishes a rock jetty in St. Bernard Parish for sheepshead, black drum and redfish with Capt. Randall Shaw. […]

Features

Fish traffic picks up under Lake Pontchartrain’s bridges

October 20, 2022 John N. Felsher

Several bridges spanning Lake Pontchartrain create miles of artificial reefs that hold various fish species. […]

Field Reports

Sight fishing for sheepshead with Matrix Fluorocarbon

September 29, 2022 From News Reports

Chas Champagne goes sight fishing for sheepshead using Matrix Flouro Line from Matrix Shad so the fish can’t see his line. […]

Features

Southwest fishing smorgasbord

August 26, 2022 John Felsher

Most people know Big Lake, but there is also great fishing to be had in the marshes and bayous between Big Lake and Sabine Lake. […]

Fishing guide Jeff Wolfe caught this sheepshead, a typical-sized one for the summer. (Photo by Craig Holt)
Field Notes

Summer sheepshead tactics

July 19, 2022 Craig Holt

Chasing sheepshead with fiddler crabs and the right technique provides action and challenges for adults and children throughout the summer. […]

Features

Coastal Cornucopia

May 19, 2022 John Felsher

People can fish in the Gulf of Mexico, the rivers, around the islands, off the beaches and in the bays for many different species. […]

Columns

January kayak fishing jackpot

January 27, 2022 Chris Holmes

Sheepshead are hard fighters, delicious, and can be caught around docks, pilings and rock piles using a simple bottom rig and dead shrimp. […]

Fishing Hotspots

The recipe for Dularge sheepshead, redfish and drum

January 1, 2022 Joel Masson

Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are easy to come across this month in the Dularge area, according to Capt. Marty LaCoste. […]

Fishing Hotspots

Summer guide to Breton Sound fishing action

July 8, 2021 Rusty Tardo

Here are six summer fishing hotspots on Breton Sound where you’ll find speckled trout, redfish and sheepshead. […]

Features

Shoreline protection comes with a bonus: new places to fish

April 23, 2021 Darren Digby

Shoreline protection systems have an added benefit to battling coastal losses: they provide great places for gamefish to ambush prey. […]

Features

Artificial ways to herd sheepshead

March 26, 2021 Phillip Gentry

Live bait gets most of the attention, but sheepshead will hit a couple of relatively new artificials. […]

Columns

Sheepshead: Don’t overlook these fish

January 10, 2021 Chris Holmes

The most-underrated saltwater fish in Louisiana has to be the sheepshead. The good news for kayak anglers is that they are hard fighters. […]

Fishing Reports

Hopedale sheepshead

October 12, 2020 Field Reporter

Ian Lovell, 9, caught his biggest sheepshead to date near the Hopedale long rocks in Aug. 2020.

Field Notes

‘Scraping’ is a little-used, effective method for catching sheepshead

August 21, 2020 Dora Lambert

Fishermen should try scraping barnacles and oysters off pier posts and seawalls to chum sheepshead into biting this September. […]

Sheepshead

An easy way to clean sheepshead

May 8, 2020 louisianasportsman

Humberto Fontova expertly demonstrates the proper step-by-step technique of how to clean a sheepshead — including a great tip on avoiding the rib bones. […]

Fishing Hotspots

A Shell Beach New Year

December 26, 2019 Rusty Tardo

For anglers up for the challenge of fishing the Shell Beach area this month, Capt. Eric Olsen of Saltwater Therapy has some helpful pointers. […]

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