Florida’s MOST CHALLENGING Fish to Catch? | Sheepshead Fishing Methods

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  • @gino55yo
    @gino55yo 2 місяці тому +3

    Hello Heyskipper, we find the dad in this video.
    a real pleasure to see him fishing.
    Friendly UA-cam kisses from France.

  • @trini-rt6xn
    @trini-rt6xn 2 місяці тому +2

    I learned a lot about how to approach catching any new specie of fish from this video. 👏
    First and foremost and wherever possible, ask someone who's scoring big time then follow suit as best as possible.
    Next, learn how the new specie bites, and this can take a long time and a lot of loss of bait until you get a feel for the strike.
    I'm not sure, but I think reflexes play a large part in quickly setting the hook for this specie of fish so it's a skill that has to be honed well.
    Most of all, I enjoyed seeing your Dad patiently trying to land a few; he was very cool about it. 👍
    To me, seeing the actual time and effort and learning curve is everything so thanks for not editing out the "struggle" in this video. ✨

  • @marianneb17
    @marianneb17 Місяць тому +1

    Great job to both of you, love seeing different types of fish that you’ve been catching. Loved seeing Erin also catch them great video. ❤😊

  • @daisy1151
    @daisy1151 Місяць тому +2

    I am watching your video all the way from Greece

  • @TousisDimitris
    @TousisDimitris Місяць тому +1

    thank you man for your expreriences, also your team :)

  • @pbm9cje2n
    @pbm9cje2n 2 місяці тому +5

    I've got my fiddler crab farm setup for the winter. Usually have about 200 at any time. I absolutely love sheepshead fishing in Jax and St Aug. Your friend is doing a style of sheep fishing I've never tried. I've got my method in 3-9 feet of water that works but I love trying new methods to catch them.

    • @brainfish5501
      @brainfish5501 2 місяці тому

      how do you make a farm for them? Do you like just a big box and catch some and throw them in there?

    • @pbm9cje2n
      @pbm9cje2n 2 місяці тому

      @brainfish5501 with sand and water, yup!

    • @TonyFromFlorida
      @TonyFromFlorida Місяць тому

      lose the fiddlers and just scrab seawalls or pillars for barnacles theres tons of barnacle/mud crabs which they will always bite before anything else its there main diet i catch hogs all the time in east coast (titusville/merrit) simple

  • @Foxyaury22
    @Foxyaury22 Місяць тому

    Great video. Can't wait to go back out and fish for them

  • @afanas4635
    @afanas4635 2 місяці тому +1

    Conveniently coming out when I’m going fishing for them on Sunday

  • @jamesgrimsinger2713
    @jamesgrimsinger2713 Місяць тому

    Ive seen sheepshead so much in the Gulf and I have never caught one. But with the info from this vid, it's time for me to get a PB Sheepshead 💪💯

  • @tripplebeards3427
    @tripplebeards3427 2 місяці тому +2

    Great video I finally caught my first one the last trip to Florida. Always wanted to catch one and never could. I free lined a piece of shrimp down and got lucky one morning. Everyone else was hammering them on crabs.

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +1

      Fiddler crabs?

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +1

      Congrats on your first!

    • @tripplebeards3427
      @tripplebeards3427 2 місяці тому +1

      @@HeySkipper I believe that’s what they were using. It was the locals and they had buckets of them. They were super small, like half the size of a dime. They gave me a few to try. They were catching Giants sheepshead. I think mine was about an inch of the legal one. They were pulling in ones that made mine look like a baby. Boy I tell you they sure taste good. I filet mine and pan fried along with a few sand perch, and a mangrove snapper. The sheepshead was my favorite for taste. I was told to use long xl shank hooks so I wouldn’t get bit off. I used the opposite. A super short shank

  • @ItssGabee
    @ItssGabee 2 місяці тому +2

    Nice tips! Been wanting to catch me a sheepshead!

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +1

      Good luck they are a reallll tough fish!

  • @eueapatroa-pescaesportiva
    @eueapatroa-pescaesportiva 2 місяці тому +2

    Olá amigo pescador. Parabéns pelo conteúdo maravilhoso parabéns para a sua patroa que também colocou peixes 🐟 pra cima. Forte abraço DEUS no controle sempre

  • @texascutie1591
    @texascutie1591 2 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful catch! 😊

  • @Mr.deez62
    @Mr.deez62 2 місяці тому +1

    I actually was thinking about going sheephead fishing tomorrow when this video poped up

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +1

      Haha good luck tomorrow! They are tricky

  • @josephsaunders3311
    @josephsaunders3311 2 місяці тому

    Great video as always very informative thank you

  • @timpipes7790
    @timpipes7790 Місяць тому

    Just subscribed :
    You & your girlie are cool. Thanks & keep doing what you two are doing !

  • @Thonny
    @Thonny 2 місяці тому +1

    Nice sheep man!

    • @shu9489
      @shu9489 Місяць тому

      you should see what he did to Guana due to his videos years ago. You wouldnt support this phony

  • @gallanttam8805
    @gallanttam8805 29 днів тому

    Great trip nice video ❤❤❤

  • @TimeToBeKind
    @TimeToBeKind 2 місяці тому +4

    I remember going fishing with my father; I kept catching fish and he wasn’t catching anything. I NEVER FELT SO HEARTBROKEN. More heartbroken than the other day when I had the answer to finally win something nice on your live chat and I didn’t win. Haha. I ordered from you what I needed anyway. Seriously, I hated the days that I was catching fish and my dad didn’t. Next month he’ll be 92 and I wish he was here. I would trade 10 years of my life to fish with him one more year.

  • @BraxtonMorris-u3s
    @BraxtonMorris-u3s 2 місяці тому +1

    Another trick I learned when catching sheep’s head is use a dropshot rig and whenever you drop it down put tension on your line and whenever you feel your weight lift set the hook

  • @jeffrybenavides5000
    @jeffrybenavides5000 2 місяці тому

    Real good fishing skip..

  • @Gman88
    @Gman88 2 місяці тому +1

    They taste so good .. i have the worst luck catching them . I learned in Texas to use a kale hook size 3 or 4.

  • @joepa6106
    @joepa6106 2 місяці тому +1

    That 9 foot 2 was put to the test today , I think I might have to buy one after seeing that , that was crazy

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +2

      It’s currently on sale for 10% off! Our biggest discount yet! Order soon because we are literally about to sell out. We sold 50 of them in the past 3 days! Only a handful left!

  • @georgeniebergall7074
    @georgeniebergall7074 2 місяці тому +16

    Hey Skip, I’m gonna let you in on a great secret if you’re going to fish sheep head try crickets they work unbelievably good. Also you’re not gonna believe this green peas is a kilobyte for them. Try it.

    • @williambenner701
      @williambenner701 2 місяці тому

      Actually the crickets would probably work, and I have heard of the green peas before but never tried them. Cool!😊

    • @georgeniebergall7074
      @georgeniebergall7074 2 місяці тому +2

      @ they don’t probably work they work 100%. I caught 40 sheepshead with crickets one after the other and another thing is Green peas. I got plenty of them on green peas. You won’t believe that they love them.

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +3

      Are yall serious??? Live crickets or dead?

    • @georgeniebergall7074
      @georgeniebergall7074 2 місяці тому +4

      @ hey Skip, a cricket’s are very cheap. Buy yourself a box of crickets put one underwater with a sinker and you’ll see it takes an hour for them to die. They jump all around all over the place underwater they are unbelievable bait. Believe me I caught 40 sheep head with crickets. I also caught them with green peas. Try it you’ll like it.

    • @georgeniebergall7074
      @georgeniebergall7074 2 місяці тому

      @ just watch where you hook the cricket so that you don’t kill it with the hook if you go high up towards the head around where the neck area would be all you gotta do is just pinch it on it lightly cause they inhale them damn things

  • @markunavail8510
    @markunavail8510 8 годин тому

    I've been fishing for sheepshead in Florida most my life I get a bunch of fiddler crabs and catch them all day long !!!

  • @eliward4859
    @eliward4859 21 день тому

    Skip..i was about to at use a smaller hook but then you figured it out. Here's another tip. Use a small 2 or 4 circle hook. I use the 4s to catch porgies. They work well on sheepshead to

  • @Yak-life
    @Yak-life 2 місяці тому

    Hey Skip, when fiddler crabs aren't available I'll use clams and wrap them up in cheese cloth so the bait last longer. Best rig is the knocker rig and dispatch the fish using the ikejime method.

  • @fourtiefourfour4259
    @fourtiefourfour4259 18 днів тому

    I’ve had more luck with shrimp here in Florida for sheepshead than anything else. Also great for flounder. If you can get out to the jetty on the plantation at St. George Island, that’s some of the best sheepshead fish I’ve ever done also by the way, try to use a wire lead will help from them two went through your line. They got a powerful ass bite.

  • @destynie143
    @destynie143 Місяць тому +1

    Hey skipper, love all your videos. Can you share this place with us? I never caught this fish before and would like to give it a try. Thank you ❤❤❤

  • @302FISHING
    @302FISHING 2 місяці тому +1

    What a cool method to catch sheepshead. I'm definitely gonna try this at Massey's Landing when they come back in.....Nice sheepies guys !!! Branden what size and type of hook were using?

  • @cayminlast
    @cayminlast 2 місяці тому

    Over the 30 plus years here around Marco island this is still one of my favorite backwater species to target, the next few months are prime Sheapshead Season, countless canals, docks and bridges to explore.

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому

      Marco island?? I’ve heard that is a fantastic spot!

  • @stant2282
    @stant2282 Місяць тому +1

    Hey Skipper, reel it in bro! It’s a sheep bite! 😆

  • @Euronymphflyfishing
    @Euronymphflyfishing 2 місяці тому +1

    Funny watching you get frustrated😂😂😂

  • @sebastianstewart8542
    @sebastianstewart8542 2 місяці тому +1

    Hey that's my spot! Wanna fish it again?! I got a few honey holes at that exact bridge y'all didn't hit!

  • @raphaelsevla
    @raphaelsevla 2 місяці тому +1

    Hey skipper, bela pescaria com grande variedade de espécies. Essa em destaque chamamos de "sargo de dente" aqui no Brasil.

  • @KTUBE34170
    @KTUBE34170 Місяць тому

    Where are you? This looks like matanzas inlet. And that's crazy catching sheepshead is easy!

  • @eduardoelizondo9591
    @eduardoelizondo9591 Місяць тому

    Hey skipper theres no way your fishing the bridge here in st augustine i went this past sunday , not from here im from Tx but damn the fact that you were there in the area js so crazy watch all your videos 🎉

  • @patcurcio1379
    @patcurcio1379 Місяць тому

    I like using a weighted hook, it allows you a direct feel to the hook

  • @brainfish5501
    @brainfish5501 2 місяці тому

    I love using oysters! Whenever we buy oysters bags we get a couple bad one and we always use them as bait.

  • @haroldgardiner1966
    @haroldgardiner1966 Місяць тому

    Maybe you should check out those fine flexible wire ice fishing rod tip additions that detect the slightest picky eater wintry bites! I have used them for finickety jumbo yellow perch with lots more success than without them!

  • @stevberm6862
    @stevberm6862 2 місяці тому +2

    Circle hooks is your friend

  • @phishing822
    @phishing822 2 місяці тому +1

    ว้าวสุดยอดมากเลยครับ👍👍

  • @ivannaicker3649
    @ivannaicker3649 Місяць тому +1

    Hey Hi Skipper luv urs stuff❤❤❤❤just curious are those cooked mussel bait too mushy delicate or soft to pin on hook...coz if it's not then I suggest no cotton but just weave mussels in n out n around hook few tyms you wont miss...bait it too bulky wen doubled..hook doesn't seem too proud..plus we fisherman here in SA always try not to use cotton wen possible cos we get far better hook ups my brother🎉❤❤❤gud luck..
    BOTTOM LINE..IS...TIGHT LINES😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @202_dougie_7
    @202_dougie_7 2 місяці тому +1

    I’ve seen people use bottom sweepers to catch those

  • @Fireflyyhill
    @Fireflyyhill Місяць тому

    You need to use spawn sac’s (mesh) so they get the taste and are unable to steal your bait. It works much better than just wrapping your line around the bait because they can still steal your bait

  • @cameroonkendrick6312
    @cameroonkendrick6312 Місяць тому +1

    I’ve actually caught sheepshead on lures before

  • @cameroonkendrick6312
    @cameroonkendrick6312 Місяць тому +2

    Try bonefish, permit, or tarpon next I dare you

  • @mattjones1378
    @mattjones1378 2 місяці тому +2

    Forget those bells. The fun part is feeling those convicts trying to steal your bait. Hold the rod and hold it lighty and focus, concentrate and be still. Can't really wait for the second go around, because you're late and the bait is gone. Lift the rod up after a second you feel that slight nibble, feel weight then set the hook. If it's a area with smallish sheeps use small bait, pick the smalller fiddler crabs, so they put it inside the mouth and not bite it off the hook constantly stealing your bait.

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +2

      Good advice! It’s so tough!

  • @pepdeang6028
    @pepdeang6028 Місяць тому

    I need to take you for tautog fishing with me. It’s tougher than the sheepheads

  • @Reddustdiaries
    @Reddustdiaries 2 місяці тому

    Like our bream here in Australia…we use very light tip rods and you feel and see every bite ..👍

  • @davidoleary8904
    @davidoleary8904 Місяць тому +1

    I want to get some of the bait wrap if your still here in Florida

  • @davebardsley278
    @davebardsley278 2 місяці тому +1

    Go to the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel, sheephead running rampant

  • @diverdown631
    @diverdown631 23 дні тому

    I fish sheeps in Florida all the time and limit out regularly. I do it differently, I use a heavy jig head, or if I use an egg sinker I only have 3 inches of line until the hook.I don't use circle hooks because I'm going to eat them, everything else I use a circle hook. Next, I drop it right next to the piling, keep the pole in my hand with line tight. On the second bump,set the hook, then go home and cook.

  • @Tepi_Sikit
    @Tepi_Sikit Місяць тому

    Captain here: When it comes to light bait fish, use your index finger to touch the braid line. feel it then hook it right away if you feel slightly pull from fish

  • @animelover-tw2xl
    @animelover-tw2xl 2 місяці тому +1

    I've always been curious about something how do you tell from a fish from the waves cause even if I have a finger or 2 on the fishing line I can never tell if it's a fish or not is there any video on this that I can watch? And also in my state NC we have sheepshead cause one time I've accidentally gotten stuck on the pier itself 😅and a local fisherman helped me out and on the end of the hook was a barnacle and I kid you not he said these words "Y'know Those Are Great For Sheepshead"

  • @ElectricFisherman
    @ElectricFisherman 14 днів тому

    Nice video. New sub from my channel to yours. Way to heard those sheep!

  • @sumotiko
    @sumotiko 2 місяці тому +1

    Closest danger a black person did near water. Love it.

  • @GregThomas-jn3pj
    @GregThomas-jn3pj Місяць тому

    Hey Skipper. Are you able to recommend a good pair of fishing pliers for those nasty catfish, ect. Thanks

  • @yakitiyyakkayaks4323
    @yakitiyyakkayaks4323 2 місяці тому +1

    I fish there all the time best bait is either mud crabs fiddler or mangrove crabs.

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +1

      Fiddlers are the most common sheeps bait! I’ll try them next time and see how they stack up against the mussels

  • @shindukess
    @shindukess 2 місяці тому +1

    I'd recommend getting an ike jime shinkei jime kit to make your fish taste better. Brain, bleed, back, bath.

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +1

      I tried using one on these, but it was difficult to find where to insert the rod! Any tips?

    • @shindukess
      @shindukess 2 місяці тому

      @HeySkipper don't know what happened to my replies.

    • @shindukess
      @shindukess Місяць тому +1

      @@HeySkipper for the wire it's easiest to cut and snap the tail to see the spinal chamber right above the center bone. It'll look like a white worm coming out of the spine.

    • @shindukess
      @shindukess Місяць тому +1

      I tried catching sheepshead this recent trip but couldn't land one so I don't know their anatomy but it's mostly universal across species.

  • @MarkyMark145
    @MarkyMark145 2 місяці тому +1

    is that braided line?

  • @budderswag
    @budderswag 18 днів тому

    A permit is jarder to catch then a sheapshead.. then again maybe im just use dto it as ive caught this fish reguarly fir 18 years now lol a wahoo is also pretty hars to actualy land but a fun fish to fight

  • @sw0k3y48
    @sw0k3y48 Місяць тому

    hey man! I was wondering what kind of fish bag that is?

  • @StonetreeLandscapes-t1p
    @StonetreeLandscapes-t1p 2 місяці тому +2

    I've had more success with a hi low rig that I usually use for tog And never leave your rod out of your hands you have to be quick You need light tackle and tension is key

  • @MAJ44
    @MAJ44 Місяць тому

    Thought it was "hood fishing entertainment " 😂😂😂

  • @Justin-n1j1m
    @Justin-n1j1m 2 місяці тому +1

    I like how you just kind of learned and now you think your a pro telling your dad what to do.

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому

      I found a hole where they were all biting. You don’t need to be a pro to tell someone else where all the fish are. Come one, that’s beginner fishing 101. You must not fish much Justin! Visit my website, I have tons of products that can help people like you get on fish right away!

  • @RandyZimmerman-pp5wj
    @RandyZimmerman-pp5wj Місяць тому

    Been there done that with other fish know how you feel lol

  • @ReelObsession904
    @ReelObsession904 2 місяці тому +1

    Is this by 206 ?

  • @jeffrybenavides5000
    @jeffrybenavides5000 2 місяці тому +1

    I’ve caught Sheep on boats but never on a pier

  • @daisy1151
    @daisy1151 Місяць тому

    Good fishing but can you show us how that fish finder works with the phone Thank you

  • @ebaz15
    @ebaz15 17 днів тому

    💥🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💥

  • @samstone9548
    @samstone9548 Місяць тому

    your voice,,, you could do a good Billy crystal imitation.

  • @kamrannouri6021
    @kamrannouri6021 3 дні тому

    when you miss this kinds of fish its because you shouldnt use these bells ... i takes time tou unplug it so the fish goes away ... keep your rod in your hand so you can feel the bite and set the hooks ... alerting bells are so amatur

  • @cH-dh8qs
    @cH-dh8qs Місяць тому

    Why you gotta spank 😂😂😂

  • @TimeToBeKind
    @TimeToBeKind 2 місяці тому +1

    Hey Skipper, I will tell you where you should go fishing for sheepshead. It’s only 20 minutes further south than where you are.

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +1

      Oh really? Where at?? Private message me on Instagram!

  • @mlbb-samik679
    @mlbb-samik679 2 місяці тому +1

    Better than Japan ha

  • @hallboy77
    @hallboy77 Місяць тому

    I know that bridge. When back in the area hit me up if you wanna fish the beach. I fish the beach a lot on that area.

  • @MrSandomir
    @MrSandomir 2 місяці тому +2

    Hey Skipper, you need more practice!😀

  • @pheavoeng8885
    @pheavoeng8885 Місяць тому +1

    You fish sheepshead like fishing for spots or crookers. They nibble on the bait.

  • @type1fishing191
    @type1fishing191 Місяць тому

    Does wrapping the bait in the thread technically add more trash to the water? Not hating, just curious

  • @idkidk7985
    @idkidk7985 20 днів тому

    I felt like it’s the easiest cu u always know where they are gonna be

  • @tripplebeards3427
    @tripplebeards3427 2 місяці тому +1

    When I caught mine, you almost have to be holding your pole and jerk it as soon as you feel the bite.

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +1

      Haha you might be right about that!

  • @shindukess
    @shindukess 2 місяці тому +1

    I don't know why all of my replies with ike jime shinkei jime tips keep getting deleted.

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  Місяць тому +1

      I’m not sure, I would still like to know how to shinkei jime these sheepshead

    • @shindukess
      @shindukess Місяць тому +1

      @@HeySkipper I posted a comment on one of your recent Facebook comments. I also learned from watching UA-cam videos explaining it. It can be harder to run the wire down on smaller sized fish because the hole is smaller. There are different sized wires for different sized fish.

  • @dermainerobinson4603
    @dermainerobinson4603 Місяць тому

    Thear shad

  • @williambenner701
    @williambenner701 2 місяці тому +1

    Cooked muscles? I am not going to waste cooked muscles on catching fish. Keep it simple, chum for them with barnacles, then ACTUALLY use the barnacles as bait on a size 8 hook.

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +1

      6$ a pound. Is pretty cheap for me, but not everyone can afford that I guess. Barnacles are free. I’m sure they work great if not better!

  • @W12w222
    @W12w222 2 місяці тому +1

    Let your wife be in the videos

  • @billanderson2217
    @billanderson2217 Місяць тому

    HINT: You are using too large hooks. Drop hook size to #2 down to #4 and your hook sets will multiply. #6 hooks often are all that works. Give slack and hook on the line run out. Try this then thank me. Hooking Sheepheads is "child play", guaranteed.

  • @mikespinola4236
    @mikespinola4236 Місяць тому +1

    hey skip im a loyal follower for so long im from windsor Canada! can you please help me to find best spot for surf fishing in florida first time i will drive there with my family please give me 5 exact adress to go surf fishing please 🙏 im begging you?

    • @michaeleverton4882
      @michaeleverton4882 Місяць тому +1

      🎣 Fishin Girl, yt channel, is a shore surf fishing guide at North East Florida, 🎣

  • @mingng8580
    @mingng8580 2 місяці тому +1

    You put the sinker too heavy

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +1

      The current is very strong here. Need heavy sinker.

  • @kenthomas7471
    @kenthomas7471 2 місяці тому +2

    Skipper, stop buying bot comments. Its really cringe

    • @HeySkipper
      @HeySkipper  2 місяці тому +5

      I’m not buying anything, I think they’re annoying 🙄🙄

  • @user-su5lo8hr3c
    @user-su5lo8hr3c 2 місяці тому

    If you do the same thing over and over and it doesn't work then you are an idiot, FACT. let them hook them self, but don't use soft squishy bait😮