Pics of the biggest sheephead you have ever caught

lol ive seen bigger....

haha

Great!  Now I'll be asking someone near, "Hey, mister, could you snap my picture with this s***head?  Thanks." 


Anyone up for a sheaphead outing?  I dare Eggy to come up with hats for that one.

smal duud.

ORIGINAL: MuskyMastr

No offense guys, but if you ever see a picture of me with a s***head just shoot me!!!!!!! 

 
Same here. Man I hate those things.
 
And have you ever noticed how they always manage to get hooked by all three hooks of a treble hook?   Why can't game fish get hooked like that?
 
Reminds me of the time about 11 years ago I stopped in Lock #3 Tackle in Harmerville. While I was in there, a young boy comes in with a Sheephead he just caught out of the Allegheny. He brought it in to be weighed. It was a huge Sheephead and it went 11+ lbs. He mentioned to the guy working at the tackle shop that he was going to get it mounted. Me, being the idiot that I am and not knowing how to keep my big mouth shut, I said to the boy, "Son, that's a Sheephead. People ussually don't get those mounted". To which he replied, "What do you mean, I'm going to get it mounted and hang in on the wall right next to my Sucker". 

State record is 19lbs 4 oz.....I think that fish was caught in the Monongahela River at Monongahela. I've caught a lot in the Yough River near Connellsville. They love crayfish and one day I caught so many of them I had to quite fishing because my arm hurt so bad from fighting them in that river current. Some were in the 10 pound class.

Monongahela River is right, 1994, not that long ago. I think if the folks here pool their talents we can bring this important record right home to Erie.

Can we start calling you "SHEEPHEADJUNKIE420"?  ..'cause dat one big **** sheephead.

ORIGINAL: T.T.

Great!  Now I'll be asking someone near, "Hey, mister, could you snap my picture with this s***head?  Thanks." 


Anyone up for a sheaphead outing?  I dare Eggy to come up with hats for that one.

 
TT you know what would happen if we had a sheephead outing no one would catch one.

Yep, Steel that is a big un. 7lb? Too bad we don,t eat them . Would be a good meal. Every one I caught out of the big lake were just plane ugly. Sheephead tourny, yuk!

i would have to dig it up and scan it but its a drum so if no one believes me who cares right???
 
my biggest was below neville island on the ohio, 29" just shy of 13 lbs.  on a crank.  ive landed quite a few over 25 and 3-4 over 10 lbs on the scale.  sure give you a good tug.  not a junk fish in my book.  and if you ever see them toss a tube jig they will slam it like a smally.  also fresh crayfish will catch you every large drum in a 5 mile stretch of water. 

Black Drum are good eating.
White flakey meat.

Clean fish take fillet and boil it until cooked. Place in the refrigerator over night. Eat with cocktail sauce taste like lobster. I once heard an old timer refer to it as poor mans lobster.

I have no doubt that state record Sheeps are tossed back into the lake, and record Perch are filleted, every summer.