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Does anyone know if Sheepshead are biting at St George Island?
Especially on the old St. George Bridge?
Also, if anyone has information about Reds, flounder and speckled trout it would be greatly appreciated!
I live in Tallahassee and would hate to make a trip out there to catch nothing.
Thanks

Wished that I could help you but I've never fished St. George Island. If you feel a need to fish - go! I know how you feel about wanting to catch fish but sometimes a person just needs to fish. You'll probably catch something. If you don't...well, like they say, "a day fishing is better than a day working."

Hope this will spunk someone up to give you a better answer.

Let us know how you did and what you caught.

Good luck!

There is a secondary channel on the northern most tip where the old bridge connected to the short strip of land where all those sea birds nested each year. The secondary channel runs right up against the sea wall below where the bridge met the land. At the time, we were using live fiddler crabs for bait. (long before I bought my boat). We managed two full stringers of keeper sized sheepshead. The incoming and out-going tide really rip through that spot combined with the rocks on the bottom, made it difficult to fish. We used fish finder rig with hooks no larger than the mouth of the sheepshead. I have had great success using this method in that spot. The ones we caught were large, 14"-23" and when we hooked them, they would try to run for the bridge pilings every time, and fight like heck. I would love to fish there again, now that the bridge is gone, I am sure the fishing pressure in that specific area is much lower and I am sure they are there in great numbers now.

If you find them, please post a report with pictures.

Ok,
you guys convinced me and thanks for the response.
I am heading out.
Going to stop at Fisherman's Paradise.
Any tips on catching Sheepshead?
Read about it, but would like more tips from you seasoned pros.
Thanks

Did you catch any sheepies at St. George Island? I haven't been there, but I'd like to go there. I looked on Googlemaps and by the northernmost tip I guess it's the tip of land which borders the pass between St. Geo and Dog Island. In the highest resolution I couldn't see any bridge pilings sticking up out of the water.

In the highest resolution I couldn't see any bridge pilings sticking up out of the water.

Mo Redd - - The remainder of the pilings are submerged under the water, slowly cruise over the area and watch your bottom finder and you should see the remainders of pilings and footers and a bunch of rocks.

Sorry about the delay.
I did not go that far out on the bridge that Sunday.
I went up to the second garbage can.
I had three rods in the water, my Penn with #50 braided, Shakespeare on ugly stick with #25 mono and my baitcaster with #50 braided and circle 2 and circle 4 ultasharp Mustad hooks.
Used only frozen shrimp
Have been using an Android app on my phone that is pretty accurate about the best time to fish.
I was trying to fish by the pilings but could not catch one Sheepshead.
But my rods where going crazy for the Whitings! Non stop hits for them! I caught 14 of them, the smallest was about 12".
Then on my baitcaster my rod bent down sharply and reel screamed.
I had a ultrasharp circle hook #4 on it and i was fighting with something real heavy that after 10 minutes my line went slack.
Pulled my line out and it straightend my hook!
Thirty minutes later a guy down by me with a heavy setup pulled out a Bull Reddrum that appeared to be about four feet long!
Guess that is what straighted my hook!