Sheepshead on a Roostertail?

General Fishing Discussion
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Caught a 7 lb. sheepshead on a roostertail out in middle of the jetties, away from the rocks. What a fluke…who woulda’ thought?
Saw a fella catch a nice spade OTF this spring too.

What’s the most unusual thing you’ve caught a fish on?

Key West 196;150 Yammie

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Caught a parrot fish using a fish eyeball as bait once when was about 10. Was flippin the eyeball on a hook at my sister tryin to freak her out mainly and ended up draggin it thru the water and caught a parrot fish! They usually just eat coral and hard stuff and ya have to spear em.

Russ B.
Psalm 55:22

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Parrot fish have really hard teeth, i guess there more like beaks. they would spear the hell out of them in Costa Rica

Sharing the stoke

4

Bent pin on thread, marsh snail for bait.

Last weekend caught an 8" bass in the cast net…largemouth bass…in Lake Murry.

Tidewater 196DC
Yamaha F115

Pungo 120

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I hate to ask, but what was your intended target for the roostertail? A few miles to far east for bream

Caught a sail on a bottom rod, a trout on lake moultrie, but the top may be a 16" king on a grub

The storm starts stopping when the drops stop dropping.
-Theodore Geisel

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Caught a 5 lb sheephead on a gotha plug fishing for blues.

23’ SEACRAFT, 225OPTIMAX

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Actually my dad sent me a telescoping rod/reel when I was stationed on an 82fter at Freeport, Tx in the USCG. That roostertail was the only lure I had (came w/the rig). I was casting it off the dock which was just inside the jetties just to wet the line I guess. Really didn’t expect to catch anything. About the third cast I hooked up on that sheephead (out away from the dock). At that time I had no clue what that fish was, so I went and told another guy on the boat “I caught a fish with dentures in his mouth.” Of course he had to see that. He knew it was a sheephead right off and he weighed it for me, just over 7# actually. That was a pretty big one compared to what I’ve caught and seen caught since.

Key West 196;150 Yammie

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