So iv been going nuts trying for sheeps. I have caught 1 accidently on a sand free pompano rig at juno. I know a kid there who catches them on shrimp under the t.
I got 3 shorts at sebastain on the catwalk during slack tide on fiddler crabs and saw a couple caught on live sand fleas. I was using a 2oz fish finder rig current rips there
I found a spot here,that I see then but read if you see them they won't eat. So should I go at night? I tried fresh shrimp pieces today and live and frozen fleas no luck. They laughed at me. I broke off a ton of barnacles and,poop no help.
How do you catch the fiddlers they are too fast for me?
Advice please! Kblue take me and show me the secret
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 9:49 pm
by k5523915
I was fishing at Dania the other day and overheard some locals talking how to catch sheepsheads.. They say you have to flip a quarter every time before you cast.. if its tail, they dont bite.. if its head then
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 10:19 pm
by kblue
HJared wrote:
I found a spot here,that I see then but read if you see them they won't eat. So should I go at night? I tried fresh shrimp pieces today and live and frozen fleas no luck. They laughed at me. I broke off a ton of barnacles and,poop no help..
That's why you need them...lol
HJared wrote:
How do you catch the fiddlers they are too fast for me?
Advice please! Kblue take me and show me the secret
It is not fiddler... We need a net and chicken leg...
will you fish tomorrow?
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:05 pm
by tears143
I freeline or use a small split shot weight to fish for them. Fish for them when the tide isn't running that much.
For fiddler crab, I just look in their hole and if I can see them, I stick a knife at an angle blocking them from going deeper into the hole. I then just push them out of the hole and catch them that way.
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:22 am
by baseball4life702
Can find them in southern biscayne bay on the flats, I frequently see them where freshwater meets saltwater too.
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:25 am
by Moose
Yes. Go at night.
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 9:19 am
by SaltyDog
baseball4life702 wrote:Can find them in southern biscayne bay on the flats, I frequently see them where freshwater meets saltwater too.
Dont you mean cichlids
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:15 am
by baseball4life702
SaltyDog wrote:
baseball4life702 wrote:Can find them in southern biscayne bay on the flats, I frequently see them where freshwater meets saltwater too.
jared ive been wanting to catch some sheepshead also..... for awhile ill go hunting im off next couple days... was actually thinkin bout doin a ful day fishign trip in the keys wed
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:20 pm
by HJared
i just need to figure out where and how to catch fiddlers or a place that sells em
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:21 pm
by Rare
Always like pointing you guys the right direction
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:23 pm
by Rare
PS If you are at Dania back country, please dont say you have sheep when in fact you have spade.
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:25 pm
by HJared
Found a place that can get them for me!!!!
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:25 pm
by Rare
Glad i could help....
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:29 pm
by HJared
Where is that video? thats crazy iv never seen that many
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:34 pm
by k5523915
HJared wrote:Found a place that can get them for me!!!!
a bait store sells fiddler crabs??
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:24 pm
by Sandbar
If you haven't already. You should go out and buy an electronic fish finder...
Also it wouldn't hurt to update your GPS maps, scanners, sensors, and trackers.
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:33 pm
by Rare
HJared wrote:Where is that video? thats crazy iv never seen that many
Ask sandbar, that's him in the video Just dont ask him in public..PM him
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:38 pm
by SaltyDog
baseball4life702 wrote:
SaltyDog wrote:
baseball4life702 wrote:Can find them in southern biscayne bay on the flats, I frequently see them where freshwater meets saltwater too.
Until you catch a cichlid i mean sheepy please just shut up
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:47 pm
by Sandbar
No need for PM's If you want to get fiddler crabs,
use a fiddler crab trap.
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 5:06 pm
by yani1133
i use a standard carolina rig with the slide weight and a small hook, shrimp usually work well for me. always do best during a cold front or right after. I only do okay over here, if you want alot of sheepies take a trip to the perserve on sanibel island, there its like shooting fish in a barrel this time of year
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 5:11 pm
by kblue
yani1133 wrote: I only do okay over here
Where?
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:41 pm
by gruntking
idk if anyone has said it but if they havent sand fleas thats the ticket to them things up to the north
Re: sheepies! help
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:53 am
by yani1133
i get them around bear cut when im snapper fishing, i see a lot more around the rocks at blackpoint marina, but goodluck getting them to take your bait over all the 6 inch snappers