How to Use sheepshead in a Sentence

sheepshead

noun
  • Look for shell bottom or rock outcrops to catch the sheepshead.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 29 Nov. 2019
  • And there's more than one way to play sheepshead in Wisconsin.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2023
  • February marks the start of some of the year's best fishing for sheepshead.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2018
  • Their guides will take you fishing for trout, flounder, black drum, sheepshead, sharks, and more.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 24 July 2023
  • In three-handed sheepshead each player get 10 cards with two in the blinds.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2020
  • In the North Atlantic, the term includes scup and sheepshead.
    — Deena Shanker, Bloomberg.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Seek out the deepest holes in these areas and fish live shrimp near bottom for sheepshead, trout and redfish.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The sheepshead will then taper off, but then more Spanish, more pompano and specks will show up.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 4 Apr. 2021
  • For those who tire of chasing trout and reds, the sheepshead bite is likely to continue for a few more weeks.
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Fish include white perch, yellow perch, sheepshead, walleye and gizzard mud.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Fish found there by Fishbrain users include largemouth bass, pike, rock bass, bluegill and sheepshead.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Sheepshead are crustacean eaters and have no interest in a lively baitfish, a fresh piece of cut bait or chunks of frozen squid.
    — Brent Gaskill, Tampa Bay Times, 21 Feb. 2017
  • The marsh creeks north and west of Dauphin Island are producing trout and reds and some sheepshead on live shrimp.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The Gulf State Park pier continues to produce lots of sheepshead, as well.
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Around Florida, the preferred habitat of a fish called the sheepshead drops by nearly half.
    — David Malakoff, Science | AAAS, 16 May 2018
  • Fiddler crabs are a superb bait for redfish, permit, black drum, sheepshead, pompano, tautog, and more.
    — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Giant sheepshead wrasse — the only species that actually wants a fivehead.
    — Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Redfish and sheepshead and a couple of particularly bullish black drum that tested our reel's drags.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Outdoors report Galveston - Good catches of sheepshead have come from the jetty on shrimp.
    — Bink Grimes, Houston Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Because the sheepshead's diet consists of mollusks and crustaceans, their molars assist in crushing their prey's tough shells.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The near-shore areas have been good, but fishermen have had to release a lot of sheepshead in order to put a six-fish limit of walleye in the cooler.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 3 June 2021
  • From the coast, anglers continue to report limit catches of sheepshead from rockpiles and around the gas wells on cut shrimp or fiddler crabs fished on bottom.
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Seton Funfest will have inflatable rides, bingo, a sheepshead tournament, live music and so much food.
    — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2018
  • The history of sheepshead There is not a clear history of when and where sheepshead, or schafkopf (its German name), was created.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2023
  • Our focus has been on artificial reefs in the open part of the bay, but sheepshead can be found on almost any structure from residential canals to nearshore limestone ledges.
    — Brent Gaskill, Tampa Bay Times, 21 Feb. 2017
  • Their catch also included a trophy sheepshead, a couple of undersized walleye, bluegills and channel catfish.
    — cleveland, 26 Aug. 2021
  • From the coast, the sheepshead spawn is slowing but there are still plenty of big ones hanging on the rigs and rocks in lower Mobile Bay—a shrimp on bottom gets them.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Both the sheepshead – a common catch among anglers in Alabama waters – and the elusive permit fish had records broken twice for the biggest fish of its kind caught to date.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The event will have German music; food, including a fish fry; live music; dancing; a sheepshead tournament and cultural dancers.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2022
  • Tautog Like sheepshead, this Northeast and Mid-Atlantic wreck and reef dweller is highly adept at taking a piece of crab or clam off your hook before the tug even triggers your brain to swing.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 24 Aug. 2023

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