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March 6, 2021
Homesheepshead

sheepshead

Columns

Sheepshead: Don’t overlook these fish

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

Joseph Palmisano

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

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

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

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’

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.

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. […]

Sheepshead like this one are often caught around docks, where the fish search for food among the barnacles that grow on the wooden structures.
Columns

Species spotlight: Sheepshead

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

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. […]

Inshore Fishing

A back-up option that’s actually better in the cold

Joel Masson

One of the many challenges of being a fishing guide is the pressure of putting clients on fish day in and day out, no matter the weather. […]

Inshore Fishing

How to clean a sheepshead

Jerald Horst

Sheepshead are a delight on the table. Kerry Audibert walks through the steps to becoming an expert at filleting sheepshead. […]

Inshore Fishing

Sheepshead make great table fare

Humberto Fontova

I’d venture that a rig-caught winter sheepshead actually beats a deep marsh redfish as table fare. The saltier the water, the better tasting the fish. […]

Contents

Black Bay Jailbreak — Fishing tips for sheepshead

Humberto Fontova

Doc’s spanking-new bay boat, a 24-footer, was primed for its maiden voyage. Doc himself seemed uncharacteristically pumped for the occasion; lately his fishing had seemed more perfunctory than the traditional obsession we all recalled while growing up together. […]

Contents

Fourchon Meat Haul — Catch boxes of sheepshead by fishing the rigs just off Louisiana’s coast

Humberto Fontova

The call to Doc Fontaine seemed perfunctory, a mere formality — almost pointless. After all, traditionally, mooching a Grand Isle camp for a weekend in February ain’t too hard. […]

Inshore Fishing

Leeville trash haul: The other side of this fishing village’s offerings

Andy Crawford

It was just another day at Leeville, at least according to guide Chad Billiot. […]

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    Payton and Lanny Coco, Kollin Guilbeau and Trace Addison enjoy a duck hunt in Bordelonville during the 2020-21 season.

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  • How to fish the wind in Grand Isle

    Tommy Vidrine busts out the whiteboard to share his advice for the best spots to fish to avoid the wind in Grand Isle. […]

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