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August 9, 2022
Homesheepshead

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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. […]

David Herard, 7, shows off the West Division’s winning sheepshead, which tipped the certified scales at Hackberry Fishing Camp and Marina at 5.75 pounds. For his catch, Herard is set to receive a $1,500 Academy Sports & Outdoor gift card at the CCA awards banquet on Oct. 17 in Baton Rouge. (Photo courtesy of CCA Louisiana)
Inshore Fishing

2019 STAR: ‘The year for youth’

September 12, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Young anglers figured prominently on the final leaderboard in many categories for the 2019 Coastal Conservation Association’s Louisiana STAR Tournament. […]

Getting the wily sheepshead to eat a fly is a difficult challenge, thus earning it's nickname "Cajun Permit."
Columns

When it comes to goats, this fly is the G.O.A.T.

August 26, 2019 Catch Cormier

Catch Cormier has caught sheepshead while fly fishing on a wide variety of flies. But by far, the largest number have come on Charlies. […]

Columns

Species spotlight: Sheepshead

July 9, 2019 Brian Cope

Sheepshead are sought after by many anglers for their sporty fight as well as their tasty table fare. Most succesful anglers devote a lot of time to them. […]

Christian Orfanello and two giant sheepshead he caught on Jan. 6 in the Lakeshore Estate canals in Slidell.
Featured

Angler boats potential Top10 sheepshead

January 9, 2019 Todd Masson

Wayne Orfanello rarely keeps sheepshead, but he saved some big ones for a buddy’s grill — turns out one qualifies as a Top 10 fish for the Louisiana record books. […]

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