Sheepshead in the river ????????????

[BASSMASTER19]

hey guys, i was fishin a river near me and while i was fishing, among the trout and salmon i spotted what im 99.99999% sure was a sheepshead, even someone fishing near me though it was a sheep's head. Is this normal ? i know theyre bottom feeders so did they come up to eat the salmon eggs like the trout ? i also always thought they were more of a warm water species and this creek is pretty cold, have you guys ever seen this, i know i havent

 

[richardjai]

ive caught sheephead up on the grand.
i believe they feed on zebra muscles n stuff.
im not sure if they eat salmon eggs

 

[Johnny Hollywood]

I caught a frew Sheephead this year so I said what the hell I'll try one out in the fryer. It was pretty damn good if I hook another Sheephead he is come home.

 

[MuskieBait]

Sheepsheads love moderate current. I've caught more sheepshead from rivers than I've caught from lakes. They are not a picky feeder...so it is possibly the fish went upriver to feed on eggs, or on the round gobies in the stream, or on mussels, clams and snails that are often found in rivers.

 

[goodentight]

I smashed a big one at the pier this summer on a huge spoon. Things will eat anything

 

[richardjai]

i caught a sheephead on the grand this year too, my first one!
i believe they feed on gobies and zebra muscles.

also to note, there were alot of gobies on the grand ... i had never caught one there before but this weekend I caught like a dozen... bad news bear!

 

[Basschaser]

Hope you killed them and did not return them to the water.

 

[FishingNoob]

Hope you killed them and did not return them to the water.

Why would you say that?

 

[buck]

Why would you say that?

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[FishingNoob]

I think he meant the gobies

Oh ok. Thanks.

 

[richardjai]

yup i gutted those little ***** with my knife.

 

[BASSMASTER19]

yup i gutted those little ***** with my knife.

i just feed gulls with gobies

 

[Basschaser]

Oh yeah, I meant the gobies. They are such an invasive species. I have seen them everywhere I have fished.

 

[BASSMASTER19]

Oh yeah, I meant the gobies. They are such an invasive species. I have seen them everywhere I have fished.

just recently ive been seeing them in a creek i fish, thankfully theres a dam that prevents them from getting to the upper reaches

 

[OCDComputing]

Strangely enough, I just caught my 1st Goby last week, then tried a different place on the river and caught more than 20 of the little ba$ards....all ended up in a pile on the bank. Called the MNR this morning to file a report of where they were. Trent waterway...up quite a few locks.

 

[BASSMASTER19]

Strangely enough, I just caught my 1st Goby last week, then tried a different place on the river and caught more than 20 of the little ba$ards....all ended up in a pile on the bank. Called the MNR this morning to file a report of where they were. Trent waterway...up quite a few locks.

trent has had them for a while, what locks were you at

 

[Drop_Shot]

The Gobies are Thick in Simcoe... Fished the Holland river couple weeks ago, and you could not bottom fish w/o having those Goby bastards taking your bait.. They weren't there last year! Gotta stock Simcoe with Sheepsheads now to control the Goby!!! I'm a new fan of Sheepsheads!

 

[BASSMASTER19]

The Gobies are Thick in Simcoe... Fished the Holland river couple weeks ago, and you could not bottom fish w/o having those Goby bastards taking your bait.. They weren't there last year! Gotta stock Simcoe with Sheepsheads now to control the Goby!!! I'm a new fan of Sheepsheads!

or bass and pike to eat up the gobies

 

[FishChaser67]

Nipissing has a lot of sheephead also they are good eating but when you filet it just keep the strip on the back throw the rest out ,, I keep them all the time !!!!!!