Sheepshead

If you're looking for some exciting sheepshead action, Bayview, Texas, and the Lower Laguna Madre offer plenty of opportunities. These quirky fish are known for their distinctive teeth and their penchant for hanging around structure. In Bayview, target areas like docks, piers, jetties, and oyster reefs. These are all places where sheepshead can find their preferred food: crustaceans like shrimp and crabs. While you can catch sheepshead year-round, the cooler months, from late fall to early spring, tend to be the most productive. This is when they congregate in larger numbers to spawn. A great local tip is to use fiddler crabs as bait, fished on a small jighead or a simple Carolina rig. Sheepshead are notorious bait stealers, so you need to be quick on the hookset. Look for a subtle tap or tick on your line and set the hook immediately. Also, be aware that they have sharp spines, so handle them with care.