Sheephead - get while you can

[Redfin]

The sheepshead are here- get out and get em while you can- we fished a secret spot in 35 feet out of Keaton- with fiddler's. Other folks there using shrimp couldn't get em to bite- we managed a 4 man limit in 90 minutes.

[guthooked]

Are these as tough to clean as people say? I've never caught or eaten one.

[SS-342]

Thanks for the information Redfin. Does Wilson sell fiddlers?

[HewesMan]

The hard part is getting through their rib cage bones. They are very thick and very hard. One of the few fish where an electric knife is very handy.

[Redfin]

GOT to use electric knife-
The White's at the beach sell fiddlers- the shrimp man over the bridge on the right-

[Perch Jerker]

Nice 'uns.

[bman]

Sweet!

[mjsigns]

Good Catch and better eating than trout. Blackened is my preference

[2true]

How do you hook da Fiddlers?

[Aucilla]

There are bunch of videos on how to clean them. I think my favorite is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7h9IyhqNYM. I had no problem doing it using a regular knife, with a sharp blade and point.

As for hooking the fiddlers, I just hook them clean through the body.

[rocket]

Good Catch and better eating than trout.

Easy now...

[bman]

i like hooking two right through the shell.. if they take the first one they come back after the other one!