easton13th Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 A little late posting. Last weekend I caught this sheephead while trolling the BOQ. What a fight. 19.8lbs A little disappointed to find out it was a sheephead but it was exiting to land it for sure. Easton
fishindevil Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 Thats a huge freshwater drum thats for sure!!!!!!!! man way to go,i bet he put up a great fight,they just dont give up,thats one of the biggest ones i have ever seen.....cheers
Roy Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 Man that's huge, WTG! The Ontario record is 20.6 lbs.
xrap Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 I know how it feels. I thought I had a big walleye on at Dunnville Dam and as it got closer I saw the silver flash of a football and it sucked!!! Evene a big cat would be nice but those dam sheephead are good for nothing. Thier not even in the OFC tourney!!
Guest Johnny Bass Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 WOW!That must have really put up a nice scrap! Were you long lining, dypsy diving, down rigging, lead lining?? My buddy has yet to catch his first sheephead. I wanna take him to the grand river one day but BOQ would be better!
Roy Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 But they offer up a pretty decent fight though, XRap ps. I just looked at the picture again and it almost looks like a grouper doesn't it?
misfish Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 Steamed and they are like lobster tails. So I have heard. Nice brute E.
Roy Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 Brian, with enough garlic butter, even Corn Flakes will taste like lobster.
Mike the Pike Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 Wow Fred looks look like you must of had a great battle from what I hear those things pull like a run away freight train. Thanks for the Pic MTP
xrap Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 (edited) But they offer up a pretty decent fight though, XRap Yep sure do. Although when I go perching I always see different people keep them and when I mean keep them I mean the'll be hundreads laying all over the pier. I know you can keep a couple for your garden but every weekend with that much fish, come on. I wonder what they do with them edit: I took the liberty of editing your post as I know you did not mean to generalize as to which racial group was keeping fish. Edited June 18, 2007 by Roy
misfish Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 Brian, with enough garlic butter, even Corn Flakes will taste like lobster. Ok Im taking the 5th for the rest of the night.
Guest Johnny Bass Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 You dont have to worry about sheephead populations going down on the grand. When I took my boat up there, the fishfinder was lit up like a christmas tree. That place is infested with sheep head. We didn't go more than 10 minutes without hooking one. Too bad there weren't any really large ones. It did get a little boring after awhile, though my dad had a blast. Apparently they do taste good if you know how to cook them. Plus if they clean out all the sheephead you wont be complaining about catching sheephead.lol
xrap Posted June 18, 2007 Report Posted June 18, 2007 edit: I took the liberty of editing your post as I know you did not mean to generalize as to which racial group was keeping fish. I didn't really mean it that way. Sorry if I offended anyone and thanks Roy for editing as it could of started another argument. I aplogize and I'll take the time to read my comments before I post next time.
easton13th Posted June 19, 2007 Author Report Posted June 19, 2007 Amazing fight ran away and dove to the bottom several times! All in all about 10 minutes to land. I have tried them they taste along the same lines as shrimp to me but chewy like gum. I landed it while trolling for walleye with a spinner. 10lb test on a baicaster so fight it or lose it. What a blast it was. Easton
nel Posted June 19, 2007 Report Posted June 19, 2007 I've been told by my friends that they make excellent fishballs. You just grind it up and turn it into a meatball...then you cook it in soup and noodles (vietnamese noodles or chinese wonton style). I was hoping to try it out once, but I saw some kind of leech or parasite hanging out under the gill plate...and then I didn't feel like trying it anymore.
Guest Johnny Bass Posted June 19, 2007 Report Posted June 19, 2007 Amazing fight ran away and dove to the bottom several times! All in all about 10 minutes to land. I have tried them they taste along the same lines as shrimp to me but chewy like gum. I landed it while trolling for walleye with a spinner. 10lb test on a baicaster so fight it or lose it. What a blast it was. Easton Thanks for the info!
Rich Posted June 19, 2007 Report Posted June 19, 2007 Funny, last time Sleded and I were in Dunnville we couldnt catch a sheephead for the life of us. Cats by the millions, a limit of walleye.. no sheepies. Heck we were even trying to catch them for a while, lol Did see about a 10lber caught by a shore angler though. That 19lber is humungous!
sturgman Posted June 19, 2007 Report Posted June 19, 2007 Yeah that's a huge sheepshead. I remember as a kid casting off the Cache Bay docks a friend of mine nailed one on light gear, it eventually fried his spinning reel but was able to hand line it in. Theres a beautiful jewel in there heads, anyone ever see em?
xrap Posted June 19, 2007 Report Posted June 19, 2007 Here's one of my bigger sheepies from Dunnville, no where near yours though Easton.
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