06-01-2007, 12:52 PM
Barnacles are also very effective for sheepshead, however, make it a little more difficult to hook them. We use to get barnacles by tieing a rope to a five gallon buck and lowering it down and doing our best to get it wraped around a pilon full of them. Once you get it wraped around a couple times give it a few strong jerks to scrape the barnacles off the pilon into the bucket. Sheepshead will also hit small live shrimp if they are availible in the bait stores, but they aren't quite as effective as crabs or barnacles.
As for your fly idea, i'm quite sure that wouldn't work too well. Sheepshead feed in a unique way. They actually suspend and chew up thier food, much like a goat would. LOL! If nothing else, the fly would be trashed probably after a single bite. There's no casting, it's just keeping your line still by the pilon waiting for one of them to give your line a gentle peck. It takes a rod with alot of back bone and a stiff line to land one of these torquey little fish. But, I wouldn't shun someone for trying. It's possible it may work quite well. It would be interesting to see. [cool]
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As for your fly idea, i'm quite sure that wouldn't work too well. Sheepshead feed in a unique way. They actually suspend and chew up thier food, much like a goat would. LOL! If nothing else, the fly would be trashed probably after a single bite. There's no casting, it's just keeping your line still by the pilon waiting for one of them to give your line a gentle peck. It takes a rod with alot of back bone and a stiff line to land one of these torquey little fish. But, I wouldn't shun someone for trying. It's possible it may work quite well. It would be interesting to see. [cool]
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