The sheepshead's tasty filets make its capture a worthwhile challenge. (David A. Brown photo)
By David A. Brown, OutdoorChannel.com
An elevated helm perched atop an aluminum tower is generally intended for inshore anglers to spot schools of redfish, tarpon and other roaming gamefish from afar. However, anglers like Capt. Chris Wiggins of St. Petersburg, Fla., know they also serve well the pursuit of that tasty black and white striped, structure-hugging fish – the sheepshead.
A noted nibbler and often a frustrating bait-stealer, the sheepshead are built for pecking barnacles and small mollusks off the pilings of docks and piers. They’re also good at catching all the little crabs and invertebrates that inhabit these structures.
The thing about docks is that they offer sheepshead – and...