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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.

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

Thanks for the information Redfin. Does Wilson sell fiddlers?

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.

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

Nice 'uns.

Sweet!

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

How do you hook da Fiddlers?

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.

mjsigns wrote:Good Catch and better eating than trout.

Easy now...

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