Sheepshead for Dinner

[Fisherman-never-dies]

The taste of sheepshead varies depending on the season according to its spawning cycle, as any species would. It is more significant for the case with sheepshead. In the post spawning stage in late winter and spring, it doesn't taste good at all. It tastes like "unpleasantly wet white fish fillet without much flavor. But it improves as the season goes on.

In its peak season; pre-spawning months - in the fall in mid-Atlantic (probably from a little earlier in Florida), it is considered one of the best. It is a little whiter, firmer even and definitely more buttery than tog. I know many people who would choose a sheepshead over a tog in the fall.

As for catching good sized sheepsheads (over 10 pounder), the initial pull after hook-up isn't as strong as togs, but there is a final pull before surfacing that can test your lines and drags. So you have to be ready and set the drag right for it.

 

[george]

The taste of sheepshead varies depending on the season according to its spawning cycle, as any species would. It is more significant for the case with sheepshead. In the post spawning stage in late winter and spring, it doesn't taste good at all. It tastes like "unpleasantly wet white fish fillet without much flavor. But it improves as the season goes on.

In its peak season; pre-spawning months - in the fall in mid-Atlantic (probably from a little earlier in Florida), it is considered one of the best. It is a little whiter, firmer even and definitely more buttery than tog. I know many people who would choose a sheepshead over a tog in the fall.

As for catching good sized sheepsheads (over 10 pounder), the initial pull after hook-up isn't as strong as togs, but there is a final pull before surfacing that can test your lines and drags. So you have to be ready and set the drag right for it.

I'm really enjoying your posts. Maybe that explains why I wasn't crazy about it. I thought it was because the mangrove and grouper are my favorites and a tough act to follow.