Sheepshead, as their name fairly tactlessly connotes, are not a particularly handsome fish. Like other members of the porgy family of marine fishes - and "porgy" has its own unflattering connotations ...

Sheepshead, a three-part series. Part 1: catching sheepshead (and walleye, because when you're fishing for walleye you catch sheepshead - and when you're fishing for sheepshead, you catch walleye).

Sheepshead: With the extreme cold weather this past week, sheepshead are again the most consistent catch for Tampa Bay area anglers and locations elsewhere. Strike ...

Joe Banka slips a live shrimp on a hook and tosses his rig into the brownish waters off the Fort Myers Beach pier. Today he's fishing for just about anything, but the Punta Gorda resident certainly ...

With sheepshead season still in ramp-up mode, an obvious question: How has the widespread use of circle hooks changed the dynamics of catching the toothy and tasty shell-cruncher? Turns out, there is ...

Local anglers continue to enjoy battling a wide variety of species even after the short-lived cold spell last week. Quite often in mid-winter, the one dependable go-to species hereabouts is the good ...

When word gets out that the sheepshead have arrived in Mayport, every bubba and his cousin knows to buy a cup of fiddler crabs and head straight to the jetties at the mouth of the St. Johns River.

Earlier this month, a Newport News man caught the largest sheepshead this year in Virginia. Christian Collier caught a 17-pound, 2-ounce sheepshead Oct. 7. Sea bass season opens Sunday and will remain ...

Another cold front will descend along the Florida peninsula by Saturday keeping temperatures cool in the morning and at night. Sunny conditions will lead to a warm up each day to mild conditions. How ...

Last week, we were reminded that we’re getting into prime sheepshead season in the intracoastal, because sheepshead have a decent tolerance for cooler water. Craig Patterson, who owns and operates ...