Shore Fishing

[spectqlr]

I am new to this fourm and im not to sure where and if we can post pictures.
Anyway Ive always fished from shore as I dont have a boat which I would love to have. All we catch from shore is junkie fish like Sheephead and Channel Cat.
I was out at my spot last sunday and though I had a bunch of weeds so I went to set the hook to see and bam I hooked this thing. We had no net so had to walk it around to the beach area and lift it out.

10 lb Sheephead!!!

 

[frozenfire]

nice sheepshead...that thing must put up a good fight?
did you eat it?

 

[Mykester]

I have never heard of this fish :mrgreen:

I'm guessing you live in Northern Ontario?

 

[frozenfire]

This fish is common in the Great Lakes.
Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, etc... quite common to catch.

 

[Mykester]

Makes sense, however my boat is currently too small to try out Great Lake fishing.

 

[spectqlr]

Yea what a fight it was, the smaller ones fight really hard so you can imagine this one lol.
I live in Windsor. Sheephead are quite common around here.
Nope never ate it, never had Sheephead but hear that they are not good to eat.

 

[reefrunner]

Wow, that is a brute! What was your method? A Sheaphead like that must of been a bulldog of a fight.

Thanks for sharing and welcome to the board.

 

[diggyj]

Great catch, very nicely done. Welcome to the forums and hopefully we will see more posts from you in the future.

Dirk

 

[David Kearney]

Welcome to the forum, I am a shore fisherman as well, I know all about the wants, lol! Nice fishie, keep em coming!!

 

[ec1]

Nice fish, and it takes quite some skill to land these fish from so high up!

 

[windsorlad111]

what a beauty. what sort of set up were you using?

 

[spectqlr]

I was just using a pickeral rig with worms. Are you form windsor too? This location is at lilly kazillis.

what a beauty. what sort of set up were you using?

 

[spectqlr]

I had to walk the fish over to the beach area and kinda drag it on the sand.
The best part is when we released it, took a little to get it going but it went. :mrgreen:

Nice fish, and it takes quite some skill to land these fish from so high up!

 

[windsorlad111]

I was just using a pickeral rig with worms. Are you form windsor too? This location is at lilly kazillis.

I'm from Windsor UK. The original one!

 

[spectqlr]

I'm from Windsor UK. The original one!

Oh Haha. :mrgreen:

 

[spectqlr]

Went fishing tonight and man oh man shoulda heard the drag wow I knew this fish was big and this is what was at the end of the line.
Sorry for the dark pictures as it was at night.
14 lb channel cat.

 

[windsorlad111]

same place as the sheepshead?

 

[spectqlr]

same place as the sheepshead?

Yes it was the same spot as the sheephead these big fish come out of no where cause I dont get fish all night then BAM.

 

[windsorlad111]

nice work. hope to get up there some time. maybe wrangle a 'work trip'.

 

[Mykester]

Sweet Jesus, I didn't even know channel cats got that big!