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I havn't done very many fishing reports so i'll do my best.
got out to a late start about 11:00 am. launched out of shields marina and headed up river. caught a small red fish on a jig and cut shrimp. then went further up and anchored near a fallen tree and using small hooks and small pieces of shrimp caught 13 sheepshead, 5 very small mangrove snapper, and 1 small fish i couldn't identify.

That is a good batch of sheephead. WTG

WTG....

Good catch-

Were the Sheepheads "legal keepers" or were they "puppies"?

Around that same time, I was up that way with my wife... we were in that old Key West. Which boat were you in?

Good you got out there.

mjsigns wrote: Were the Sheepheads "legal keepers" or were they "puppies"

most were puppies but a few were keepers. but we threw them all back.

sorry i didn't anwser your other question. we were the chaperel sunseta anchored by the tree.

Y'all got a nice looking boat. Does your boat have bow rails? If so I remember putting by you at some point.

That morning we (me and my wife) had run all the way down river to the wreck and picked up two or three pups, and 1 legal keeper sheepie (which I blackened ate last night). We also caught a mess of puppy black sea bass and released them.

Seemed most of the fishes were all spread out up in the river.

Y'all done good.

Nothing wrong with that report flyrodder good job...keep em coming

thanks

Occasionally I'll land a sheephead but hardly ever make it an objective. I've assumed a fairly small weighted hook slowly bounced along is a good approach but don't really know.

Skag wrote: I've assumed a fairly small weighted hook slowly bounced along is a good approach but don't really know.

we were using size 8 hooks with some split shot above it then a little piece of shrimp. we would just let it sink then jig it a few times then reel em in