pondfisher Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 First sheepshead trip in the books. Not a super fast bite but we still managed to get within 6 fish of our limit. Lots of medium size fish and 5 biggins. February and early March should be on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slo Poke1 Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 Nice catch, but I would have thrown some of the 12" ones back after had some in the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conocean Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Them are some good eats! 👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 That's a lot more fish than I have caught in the last few weeks. The weather stinks and the fish around Anclote all look stoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 How are you rigged for them? Nice catch.....looks like you'll have some nice sandwiches for a few weeks... dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondfisher Posted January 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 9 hours ago, Capt. Troy said: That's a lot more fish than I have caught in the last few weeks. The weather stinks and the fish around Anclote all look stoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondfisher Posted January 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Wanaflatsfish said: How are you rigged for them? Nice catch.....looks like you'll have some nice sandwiches for a few weeks... dc DC, You can use a simple knocker rig if you prefer, but, I go 20 lb. braid to lead ranging from 1/4 oz. all the way up to 2 oz depending on how fast the current is ripping across the reef. Lead-bead-swivel to 20 lb flouro to hook of choice. A lot of discussion on "best sheepshead hook" out there. Some guys swear by small J hooks but once you've got the circle hook technique down you won't go back. I switch back and forth between mutu style circles and octopus style circles but never bigger than 1/0. My hook of choice is an Owners mutu circle #1. Even smaller #2 circles work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 Had to slam the tower boat in reverse to keep from running over and chopping up a 40 inch snook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondfisher Posted January 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 7 hours ago, Capt. Troy said: Had to slam the tower boat in reverse to keep from running over and chopping up a 40 inch snook. Wow. Hopefully we'll dodge a bullet from these cold fronts and not end up with the disaster of the winter of 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 We lost quite a few Anclote north. I have seen 50 or so dead and the jacks took a beating as well. Mostly worried about the year of young. The coldest morning a lagoon north of Anclote. The River mouth was 49. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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