CHUMMING For Sheepshead (Quick & Easy Way To Catch Dozens Of Them)
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What's the best way to quickly and easily catch dozens of sheepshead?
Chumming them up!
And unlike many other fish, you don't need to waste your bait to chum them up.
All you have to do is scrape off some barnacles, toss out your bait, and hold on.
But before you start doing this, you need to make sure it's legal.
In this video, you'll learn:
- What NOT to do when chumming for sheepshead (unless you hate the environment and love fines)
- The 3 types of tools I like to use when chumming for sheepshead
- How to rig fiddler crabs for sheepshead
- And much more
Have any questions about chumming for sheepshead?
Let me know down in the comments.
And check out the blog post here for the link to where I got the floor scraper: bit.ly/3rvoTWs
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do you sell the bottom sweeper jig? Where would I find the barnacle/chumming rules? Curiousa about Sarasota and AMI
I chum the same way but hook the crabs differently, there is a soft spot behind the claw that i go through then straight out the back. They stay alive longer that way. Also, have a net handy, when they get to the 5+ lb range there gonna be tough to sling in. Another tip, you cant set the hook too hard. Sometimes it will catch a tooth and never make it through the mouth. Mud crabs seem to do better for me than fiddlers. Also, if you have urchins available, use them. Hands down the way to catch monsters. Cut the spines off with scissors, hook them from the bottom then come out the side. Make a small crack in the shell to get the juice flowing. I use a pretty heavy set up, penn battle 5000 and medium heavy rod. Set the drag fairly tight and hold on. So fun
This makes a lot of sense to me now after seeing it (both the scraping and use of fiddlers). Time to get out to the bridge and try to catch some of these
Like for real. I fish out of St. Augustine Florida and Jax a lot. Literally the second people scrape the sides of the pylons clean around the bridges. Which happens every year. The sheepshead numbers dwindle drastically. Been fishing those areas for years and see what it does year after year.
I like to pull the big claw off if I'm dangling my bait just off the bottom, like from a bridge, because the fish will go for the claw first and cause you to miss your hook set. I toss the claw in before I drop my line, sort of like a micro chum. If I was using this rig on the bottom, I agree with Tony, leave it on, they love that waving claw.
I love the idea of using a sand flea rake to catch the barnacles!
Its aluminum and will wear fast tho. We just used cheapest floor scrapers or even a cheap hoe.
This ruins sheepshead holes. You scrape off all those barnacles where all those crabs and stuff live. The sheepshead have no reason to come back once you scrape all that off. This is so stupid. I’ve literally sat at a bridge pylon and got 100’s of fish. Weeks later others had scraped the entire pylon after seeing me and I couldn’t catch but a few every time I went back to that hole after they did that.
I agree 100%
I concur.
“Uh oh!” Lol 😂
Great Tips! I stopped fishing for them because they were so hard to catch... I think I'll give it another shot. Thanks Again!
Outstanding Sheepshead tutorial! Watched others but this one nails it! You definitely educated me! Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Nice ! What size braid are you using in those pilings?
Great Videos. Got a scraper in my shed .Rods in my storage room .Need to get off my rear and do a little work on my boat. And go great info. Love your channel Your friend Alabama Smokey Wilson
Are you fishing on the bottom or suspended?
I can never find fiddler crabs once it gets cold. Warm weather months I can find a million of them though. And my local tackle shops don't sell fiddlers.
They are hard to find in cold weather so good luck on that
Great video! You were definitely in a tough spot but did as good as you could! Just got back from fort Myers beach and I’d see an old timer very early in the day scraping out of a tiny John boat with a ten horse. He always did well!🎣🌴
I use the dull side of a machete...it comes in handy for other things also.
You got Owned!!!😂😂😂
Is that kastking spinning reel
Tony you are number one in salt strong for everything. Should be called tony strong
Will you give some advice to catch sheepshead from jetties or casting from shore to pilings please. I went with my gf yesterday and we had a tough time. No bites. Low tide.
Do I need to keep the crabs in an aerator to keep them overnight? How long will they survive for?
I use fiddlers all the time. They are NOT water crabs, they breath Air! You'll drown them if submerged in water. They can't dry out either but they pee a lot so most people leave them in a bucket of Cool wet sand for long term storage with drain holes so they don't die in there own piss. If just keeping them for a day, use a small cooler or bait bucket and rinse a few times during the day.
@@scottmichael3745 awesome, thank you
@@NotTodayBud any time.
Just throw some crackers in there and they’ll eat it and stay alive for a while several days
Love the videos, Tony, You give kayak fisherman like me hope. I love it! Thanks
Great Video....I never thought about barnacles....definately going to try this~
Whats better bridges or docks??
Bottom sweepers changed the game for me here in the northeast
New to the area. Great vid! How do you catch the Fiddler crabs?
Get a cup or small bucket an chase them an scoop em up...or if the go in hole use small shovel or hand and dig them out
Cool video. That is true Combat Fishing.
Excellent camera work.
Thank you.
What kind of kayak are you using?
Tony is a Jedi
Weight of the jighead for 15-18 mt depth?
Do you need to "bleed out" Sheepshead right after you catch them?
Thanks for your question! Make sure to ask this over on the actual blog or in the Community
where the coaches spend their time. The blog can be found here:bit.ly/3rvoTWs
Way to go Tony!! Slaying them, Always
Cool vid, Seasons Greetings 👍
What reel are you using tony?
Are you fishing on the bottom or suspended?
Wow,,,big sheepshead bro 👌😍
What size is that reel?
Awesome video that's the way it's done great job!
biiiig boy on the 1st one haha yeeeeeeew👍
Used to do that and just use the barnacles for sheepy bait. Hard to hook but the ones that break become chum. Lol
I might try a block of chum
Awesome fight sequence - too bad he broke off - great tip 👍
Where is that
OMG I love it!
This destroys sheepshead habitat more than it helps you catch fish. Those fish will hold on that same structure for months if you don’t take away their food source by scraping it into the water.
Yeah, not very environmentally conscious.
If you never fished pylons the fish get big. 70 pounds. I landed a 51inch cobia.
How can you tell the bite of sheepshead? I have a problem seeing or detecting it.
MR MIDNIGHT he explains around 9:30 mark
@@jefflemaster2850 I didn't see the bite but I miss a lot of the bites.
MR MIDNIGHT I miss a lot too!
@@jefflemaster2850 ok. I don't know how to get better at fishing for them.
They just came out with another video that explains it better.
It's an ice scraper
ouch!
Unfortunate but my man that wasn't a fight that fished demolished you
Also people trying to knock those barnacles off in current are literally chumming hundreds of feet away from the bridge by the time thr current let’s the chum hit the bottom.
You’re ruining the hole for everyone so you can catch 2 or 3. And those commercial guys who rely on those fish being there suffer. Someone who’s on the water almost daily to support his family has to work harder bc this kind of bad advice.
Mollusks ***
its illegal in my area
Tough spot to fish, 85 % chance the fish will run through the bridge fenders. 👍🏻
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That vid was a waste of time
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Great Tips! I stopped fishing for them because they are hard to catch... but I think I'll give it another try. Thanks Again!