How to Catch Sheepshead - Feeling Sheepish at the Tampa Bay Skyway Bridge

The Tampa Bay Skyway Bridge is home to a wide variety of fish species, sheepshead being one of the many residents. Hop in the boat with me as we search for supper on this adventure. Sheepshead are a favorite winter time fishery here in Tampa Bay. Many people target them around rockpiles, docks, ledges, pilings, and seawalls. They are associated with crusty shell entangled structure. They have unique teeth that allow them to crunch on barnacles, mussels, sand fleas, shrimp, crabs, anything that's crunchy! Live or fresh shrimp, fiddler crabs, and sand fleas are favorite choices. Many people use barnacle scrapings as chum to get sheepshead on the feed! Be sure to watch this adventure to catch some valuable sheepshead fishing tips.