SECRET Sheepshead Bait Catches GIANT Fish
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- I Can't BELIEVE I caught giant sheepshead on CORN!!
In this video I head out kayak fishing for sheepshead with a secret bait that I have never used before! As soon as I started dropping this bait around a bridge I started hooking up with sheepshead and used this sheepshead rig to catch a BIG Sheepshead!!
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Used to use this trick of canned whole corn 50 years ago for catfish and carp - 1st day of fishing might not catch many, but when 1st day of fishing is over, throw the rest of the canned corn in the water as chum and come back the next day with corn and WOW - fish are biting everywhere! It was lots of fun and it worked really well. Back then it was 3 cans of corn for $1.00 where I lived.
you shouldn't reveal this trick...is sooooo good!! Is magic. LOL....
Definitely! Corn is an old bait.
Yup my homie put me on some carp with corn. I usually use chicken liver but I'm definitely packing some corn for now on
Up in Central NY people used corn for trout too lol
Sometimes it's the simplest things that work best.
@@danno5805 sounds good
I live in Fort Walton Beach, FL and I love your content. I normally do not comment but I try to make sure I like all your videos. Thanks for what you do
Man I appreciate the heck out of that!!
I live in Fort Walton Beach also
@@JerroldConant It's such a small world...Who knows, we may have run into each other one day
When I was in the Navy, I was station down in New Orleans I would catch Sheep Heads and a lot of Red fish also some Speckled Trout. Best fishing that I have ever done in my lifetime.
Yeah it’s an anglers paradise there!
😂wow I think I must try it this week really and I have a secret place to catch sheep heads very big onces ❤❤❤❤
A friend of mine showed me another trick. When we pulled up in the boat, he would take his oar and scrape some of those protruding barnacles and get those Sheepshead in a feeding frenzy.
Canned/frozen corn has always been my solid go-to since a kid. It is versatile and it seems darn-near everything seems to go at it at least once.
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Never thought of or tried hominy as bait for a thing. But it makes sense, too. Loving the ideas.
I can't believe any self respecting fish would eat tasteless hominy.
Aquatic life senses are different than human senses. ;)
What state are you fishing in
I fish out of Ponce Inlet FL. Our go to baits for sheeps are the typical fiddler crabs, sand fleas and shrimp. But dang, now I'm adding canned corn and hominy to my grocery shopping list! Thanks for the idea.
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If it's ok to ask , what was your results with the corn and or the hominy?
I fish the new Smyrna bridge fenders with corn and do pretty good but no luck at the jetty,kinda strange
From Buffalo New York , I have used canned corn for years it’s really cool seeing you use it too. I catch monster carp in neighboring creeks for fun when I’m not going after big Smallmouth Bass on Lake Erie . Great stuff man ! Awesome content !
🙌 awesome brother!!
I grew up in the City of Tonawanda
Im new to Buffalo and reside in cheektowaga. I plan to use this concept
Trout love the sweet corn bigtime as well.
@user-bi9jj6gz1q sea trout ?
Shoot some foam inside your net handle that way it will float.
Viewing from Jamaica. I love catching sheep head when I visit the USA. My son and I would fish in Clearwater Florida
Very nice!!
you made me go look to see if my net floats. great video
Recently moved to the Panama City, Florida area. I've been out fishing a few times but still haven't caught my first sheepshead. I'm adding corn to the shopping list and will give it a try on my next trip to the bridge. Thanks for the video!
Let us know how you do!
Caught my first sheepshead in PCB on the Jetty in St Andrew. You live in a great spot!
@@AngryChiropractor Thanks for the tip. I'll certainly check that out.
They are very abundant, get very big, and tug hard. They eat mostly barnacles from pilings but will hit most anything dropped in front of them.
Fresh dead shrimp works fine. No need to buy expensive live bait for them.
Most people don't like to eat them, but that mindset is slowly changing.
@@kevinstogner9477 Are there certain times to fish for them? High/low tide? I've been to the bridge several times trying to catch them. Ive used fidler crabs, shrimp, sqid but got nothing.
I've caught a ton of rainbows and browns with corn. Catching sheepshead on it is crazy.
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You are the first person I've seen that lets the fish bite an waits a min before you set the hook something new to me .I'm from Lancaster SC good video
I like to feel them have a constant tug on the bait before I set the hook.
My dad was great at getting good hook sets on Sheepheads when others (like me) were missing them left and right. Especially in fast moving tide changes at choke points like the Oregon Inlet at the OBX in NC. He would say the secret was “setting the hook before you felt the bite”. He also often rigged it drop-shot so the weight was below the hook, sometimes using 1/8 oz above the leader and a split shot or 1/16 jig head below, with the hook swinging off a 3-4” dropper loop between the leads. It kept just enough tension on the line that he could feel anything. He’d say stuff like “oh there’s one sizing up my bait right now…he’s thinking, he’s thinking, he’s staring really hard…”BAM hook set. And my brother and I NEVER SAW THE ROD TWITCH or line move or anything that indicated a nibble.
Elkhorn, Wisconsin The best thing Ive done in my 65 years was teach my only son to fish. Happy holidays sir!
Happy Holidays and that right there is pure awesomeness!!
Hopefully, later on, he will teach you his tricks that may work better than what you grew up knowing ..make sure you teach him that part too ..😂
yeah, gotta be nice to our children, they'll be choosing our nursing homes :)
I'm from Houston, Texas and my PB sheepshead is 23.5". She wasn't really a fat fish, but ended up being my pb both in weight and in length.
Nice!!
Where did you catch it? I fish Surfside and Matagorda....
Wat bridge
My PB was out of slit behind the beach houses on Bolivar Peninsula, TX. 22" nearly pulled the rod out of my hand. Love the fight and so yummy 🎣
I’m getting up at 4:00 this morning heading to Surfside. Going to try the corn around the rocks….. although the surf going to be big as hell!@@trailerparkcryptoking5213
Watching from Maryland. LOL!!!
I love your energy!!!
Those fish don’t stand a chance with you on the water!!! 😂😂😂😂
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Santa Rosa Beach , Florida. 18 inch Sheepshead is PB . I fish both inshore and offshore between Destin and PCB.
Nice!!
Live in PCB 2 YRS have not caught a sheepshead, yet haven't tried hominy! Love my redfish and trout catching. Enjoy your tips Thanks!
🙌 thanks brother!
Just moved to the PCB area 3 months ago. Still looking to catch my first sheepshead too.
I live in Cocoa and fish Cape Canaveral, I've used corn and the small marshmallows. Always catch a variety of fish out of there.
Nice!!
I’m living in Titusville now but, I fish primarily on the flats of Merritt Island. I’m going definitely try out that hominy.
Perkinston, MS which is 30 miles north on hwy 49. PB is 21” Love catching sheeps, we fish Biloxi, Gulfport, Long Beach, all along the Ms gulf coast. Love your, clean, family friendly videos!!!
Very nice!
I LIKE CATCHING CATFISH. CATFISH ARE MY FAVORITE FISH TO CATCH AND EAT
Fresh or saltwater?
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@@jasonk9020 lol,what?
@@ironwork92000Saltwater cats are terrible to eat.
wow loved the explanation of what inspired you
Thank you!!
Love watching fishing videos in my home town. Thinking about taking the kids for a boat ride to the bridge Saturday to try and catch some. Viewing from Waveland.
Awesome man good luck to y’all!!
“On the Hominy” always a blast when you hook a whopper and havoc ensues! Awesome video!
Oh yeah I’m from Corpus Christi,Texas, my pb Sheepshead is 23”
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Brilliant Nate! I will try both corn and hominy, plus the worms the next time....well, the first time that I try for Sheepshead. I'm in Tallahassee and will try to get down to the "Old" St George Island bridge. Probably my favorite fish to catch around here is Flounder!
Awesome let us know how you do!!
I agree. "Come for the sweet corn, stay for the hominy".
Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely try out the hominy!! Sometimes the fiddlers are hard to find at the bait shops, so this could be a solid game changer for me!
Wonder if blackfish will take it
IF YOU GET A CHANCE,TRY USING FRESH WATER CRAWDADS FOR BAIT
Have to be fresh but are amazing for everything
We dried hominy in the sun on a sheet of tin and mashed up a crab and mixed with it put it in a bag overnite,and caught convict same as sheepshead, very good bait for alot of species , that was at the lions Bridge in st.augustine in 1976 good times,great video
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Cut ya a small piece of pool noodle and zip tie it on the handle close to the net or to the string handle. You won't lose it again. As per the pool noodle fool I am...LOL
Or... Pop the cap off the end and give it a squirt of insulation foam and turn the handle into a bobber.
Yep that would of saved me lol
Much better option. @@gregkirchner1108
Just a 4 ft piece of Paracord tether will get yet net back every time.
Shoepeg corn is not as soft and stays on rhe hook better, we brine it with salt to dehydrate it and then soak it with pink shrimp sent to catch the heck out of the Kokanee up here in WA state, give that a try.
SC here! Tie wrap a piece of pool noodle around your net handle to make it float. I do that with my fishing poles too, so I don't lose them in case I flip the kayak, or drop a rod in the water.
I usually add a little sugar, butter, and salt to the corn. Then stick it in the microwave for a minute or two then eat it before going fishing! 😂
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And you catch fish. So the corn works then
Dried white beans put in a container before you go and pour a can of clams in with them ! I saw a guy using this and catching them ! Dry beans are hard to for better hooking . It was cool to see practically the same thing ! High Springs Florida here !
Fiddler Corn!!!
NC, never caught a sheepshead. Someday. Looks like I have a variety of baits to choose from! Thanks for the vids!
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i HVE ALWAYS BEEN A FLOUNDER FISHERMAN BUT WE ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED O CATCH THEM IN NORTH CAROLINA. NOW I LIKE TO FISH FOR SHEEPSHEAD AND BLACK DRUMM MOSTLY. I LIKE TO TROUT FFISH ALSO' ENJOYD YOUR VIDEO VERY MUCH. I WILL DEFINITLY TRY YOUR METHOD ON THEM CTITTERS. KEEP'EM COMING.
Great vid.enjoy all your vids. Tried Earth worms for sheepshead and caught a limit.great idea saves you money and it works. Looking forward to your next video 😁👍🐡🐠🐟🤙
Very interesting. I will use fresh corn when i get out fishing and on a sibiki. Good video.❤
I bet a sabiki would work well
Timing that Tide is EVERYTHING ! I continue to miss that slack feeling ! Love the corn bruh
Im from Houston,Tx But i like to go Galveston seawall and fish around the bridges or i go the 91st galveston fishing pier, I love catching sheeps, the studs put up really fun fights, my pb sheepshead was a 26" sheepshead on small shrimp, i have a lot of corn n im fishing this weekend so its something i have to try.
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21". Some reef a couple of miles out of Bayou Caddy, MS. Amazing catch!
Nice one!!
Congrats on such a great and creative video!
Thank you!!
Try putting some spray expansion foam inside your net handle. It will float.
hey brother late to the vid but i used to tournament fish for carp using coring if you get a sharp j style hook and use a yellow bead the bead wont fall off. Tip it with corn for the scent but that nice yellow bead wont come off.
Nice! Thanks!
I use corn a lot. I like to throw a handfull in the water to attract the fish. I think it's easier to hook them if you just put a couple kernals on the hook near the tip.
Baytown, TX I never caught a sheephead but I will target them now. Crappie is my favorite; but Catfish, Gar, Reds, Specks and Flounder are welcome to ride home with me. Awesome video.
I like the video and your enthusiasm! I fish out of Tampa Bay and usually those bare patches on the pilings are where other people have been scraping with a shovel or edging tool to chum the fish...
Thank you! I think small patches are fish big patches from people
Here in Milton and can't wait to start catching some sheepshead and definitely going to use corn/hominy. Should have my boat by July. Hopefully I will run into you out there and get to shake your hand.
Good luck brother and I’m sure we will meet on the water one of these days!
Watching from Kissimmee fl ,my favorite fish is sheephead,you are excellent.
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From Deerfield Beach Florida but fish all over Florida when we go camping. Going to try the hominy trick the next time l go fishing! Was just fishing on the Matlacha bridge on Pine Island (near Fort Myers.... wish I'd seen this video before l had to head back to Deerfield! Can't wait to try it!
Awesome, let us know how it works for you!!
Hey I am from Alapaha, Ga. I haven’t fished very much the last few years but I stumbled on your fishing videos and I love to fish but work gets in the way. I’m getting close to retirement so I may get more active in fishing. I love the taste of sheepshead fish. I also love the simplicity of your equipment and low budget boat.😂❤😂
Kenny in Cocoa Beach Fl, great video on the bait used to get those sheepshead. Ill definitely be giving that a try. 🎣
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I'm from Walker, LA! I don't get to salt water fish too often but my favorite fish to catch is the one that takes the bait! White Hominy will tried next time I go salt water fishing.
That’s right! Good luck!!
Loving your content brother! Army Vet watching from Coalmont TN. My favorite fish to catch is catfish! We noodle for em down here and we jug! Keep it up sir!
Nice!!
Nice video!
That was a big Ram that disposed of your net!
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Live in Missouri. Brother lives in Sarasota. Went down last Feb. to catch Sheeps Head. Got Sea Sick some 15 yards off the bank. We were fishing bank rocks. Caught several, but no size.
Oh dang man! They can be a ton of fun when you start catching a couple big ones. Great fighting fish!
Rob from S.A. I've been using corn since I was little fresh water never tried salt I can't wait Love your show keep up the good work ohh I fish calaveras and brauning Lake
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Hey, if you grill some corn on the cob to toughen up your kernels then slice it off I believe it will stay in the hook better
Freeport Florida, I primarily fish around Hogtown Bayou, Never tried to fish the pilons, prefer the grass flats and the quiet there. Great content.
Nice! I appreciate it!!
Just outside of Baton Rouge, LA. We go down to Golden Meadow and Leeville...almost to Grand Isle, LA.
Love catching smallmouth, pike, and walleye in MN. I have never caught a drum before though but I’ve heard of people catching freshwater drum in my area
Nice!!
From Tampa FL. Favorite SHEEPY bait is a barnacle. I will try canned corn and Indian corn now. Great tips
My wife and I live in Fort Pierce, FL and fish the Indian River Lagoon & Jetty. Great video!!!
Nice! Love that place!
Florida and love catching mangrove snapper.
Awesome!!
From Aurora, IL. I fish a lot for smallmouth in the local river and catch a walleye or catfish every once in a while on lures
Hey Nate. I live in Gulf Shores but moved here 2 yrs ago from Northern CO. Originally from central Fl. Absolutely love your videos. You’ve taught me SO much brother. You and Branden Collier are my two favorite UA-camrs. Honestly moved here for the beach and fishing getting ready for retirement. Keep it up my man.
Man I really appreciate that brother we will have to get up one day and go fishing around here!!
Biloxi, MS, pb is 23” but was only a little over 6 lbs on a H20 Express knock off boga. Honestly didn’t fight nearly as hard as most of the ones I’ve caught. It wasn’t far from the top of the water and was spitting mud everywhere.
Very nice!!!
From Wildwood Florida love fishing Clearwater skyway and usually Coco then Titusville I haven't had much luck there
One of my favorite fish to catch are pompano but I haven't done any surf fishing for a while so
Nice! Love pompano fishing!!
I live in north central North Carolina and fish every where I can, fresh and salt water. I started fishing for sheepshead several years ago and enjoyed the content!
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It's October 6th as I type this , I hope you are ok bud ! People are saying that FEMA won't let people in the area to help and FEMA is doing nothing to help . Just know people are trying to help out and praying for you guys ! Hurricane Helena was intensified with HARP lazers . There is satellite video to confirm it ! Sad time when our on government tries to wipe us out ! !
I live in Somerset tx , I'm going to corpus Christi in a couple of weeks I'm going to try the corn and homony
Hahahahahahahahahaha brilliant! I’ll definitely keep this in mind if I can get my hands on some crabs❤
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Try a bigger hook Long #8 and bend the tip out a bit. frozen corn is more stiffer.
As a kid we used corn for carp, cats, bluegill , rainbow trout, all freshwater species.
Going to try it down in the Carolinas this year. Nice video
Nice!!
Picayune Ms. A 10lb. Sheepshead is the biggest one I've ever caught many many years ago. I rarely catch them anymore when saltwater fishing.🙂
Man that’s a STUD!!
Yes! We used to fish in the 70's with corn and Bologna and we caught more than enough. Heck you can catch eel with corn. You don't have to get caught up in expensive poles or bate.
That’s awesome! Nice sheepshead on the Hominy!! Wow. You’re the R&D of Sheepshead 😂
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Enjoyable video thanks. Here in SE Australia we use corn to catch Carp.I use long shank hooks and load them the whole length and perhaps there is some left after they have had a nibble?
As to missed strikes I wonder if circle hooks would work better? I’d love to have a session there on those Sheepies! I’ve heard stories of success using snails!!
Very nice! I’ve used circles and they’re not very effective on these sheeps.
use a size 4 short shank hook, for carp
Corn is a good bait for sever types of fish. I’ve even taken corn cobs scraps after super and put them in a net and hang them o er in the water to use as a sort of chum to draw fish in. Fish be liking some corn. And in some lakes and rivers the rainbow trout hit corn berry well also
Very nice!!
Hey good video. Thanks I will definitely try this my next trip. I'm going to mix 1 sweet 1 harmony 1 sweet 1 harmony and so on. Thanks and be safe Brother
Nice! Let me know how you do!
I love those sheepies.but didn't know they like corn .great video thanks
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Before sheepshead tournaments, we would have to buy a load of fiddlers and store them in the kitchen sink overnight because they would be sold out of fiddlers sometimes days before. You're telling me we could have just used corn?!? Thats amazing!
Georgetown SC…. Absolutely never thought of corn and salt/brackish water. We have used yellow corn for bream and it works pretty good but I’ll definitely try it. Love your channel!!! I guess the dip net is gone? 😂
From Indiana but have a place in Astor, FL and love to chase the sheeps in the Daytona area. We tried your nightcrawler trick a while back and it worked! They were all small but caught sheepshead, mangroves, and puffers on the worms. 😂
Heck yeah very nice!!
Definitely enjoyed the video! Glad I found this video! I liked and subscribed.
Thank you!!
Super fun to watch! Great job out there testing the two kinds. I learned something new!
🙌 thanks brother can’t wait to see what you do with the Hoodwinks!!
@@southernsalt thank you sir! I’ll try them on our shallow flats. Clear water should be good for the colors I picked.
Viewing from south Texas near South padre island! Love the content!! Will try this for sure
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Savannah, Ga. Started fishing a few years ago. Haven't caught a sheep yet. Love catching the trout for the table. Reds are a blast to fight but not my fav to eat. Not much structure within an easy pedaling distance from where I usually launch to target sheeps. May try the corn/hominy in Jacksonville next week though. Love the content!
Awesome let us know how you do but if you can get crabs they are the best bait!!
Fun Fact: The "New Dickson Baseball Dictionary," first published in 1999 by Paul Dickson, says the most accepted explanation of the phrase
"CAN OF CORN", first used in 1896, makes reference to a long-ago practice where a grocer would use a stick to tip a can of vegetables off a high shelf, then catch it in his hands or outstretched apron.
Wonder if you soaked the homony in the corn juice over night if it would be more effective?
Long Island ny. Caned corn good for çarp n flounder. I do a lot of porgy/scup fishing
Right on!!
Bare patches on pilings at the waterline is from tie up ropes rubbing off the barnacles and associated bivalves on the piling from boats fishing that piling. Seen it plenty before....
100 percent not accurate statement at all. No boats tie up to these pilings and a rope would rub an entire area not a tiny patch lol
I should show you pictures of the bay bridge pilings over the Chesapeake. Some pilings look EXACTLY like that and I KNOW boats tie to it because of the bottom structure below is piles of bridge deck and rails many boats try for tog there. WE have tied and made these bare patches ourselves. So I say, at least ONE boat tied up there, and PRESSURE is only on ONE side; that being upwind/uptide at whatever wind/tide direction the boat tied up in.@@southernsalt
SW Indiana. Never been down south to fish. Not sure where you are. I'm 73yo novice. First video of yours I've seen.
I’m on the upper Gulf Coast
I'm from Lafitte Louisiana, which is about 20 miles south of New Orleans. My favorite Fish to catch is Speckle Trout, and red fish.
Awesome!!
Covington La. Not sure what PB size was but it was on a guided trip out of rockport Tx
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Just heard people are using blackeyed peas now 🤷🏿♂️
They're a lot cheaper than anything else and they work!
Excellent video sir 👍🏿
Thank you 🙏 they definitely do work!!
Do you give them an opener with the can?
Hello from Pennsylvania... my favorite fish to catch would have to be King Salmon from up in New York State.... from local here it'd be Walleye, Trout, and Northern Pike.
Awesome!!
Port Arthur, Texas.. my PB sheepshead is 23" and I caught a 22³/⁴ the same day
Studs!!
I’m in Ormond Beach . Love catching convicts too . Do you ever try using canned clams from Sams Wholesale?
Salt them to make them rubbery?
I haven’t tried them yet but I can definitely put it on the list!
Nate, seems like some people can catch fish with just a bare hook. Tey using the shells from Velveeta Shells & Cheese. Currently living in Iowa, headed down your way next week house hunting.
Possibly I may try that
Which to know if that corn works on fresh water too 👍 tank you for your videos sr