An aging study of freshwater drum or sheepshead – the names are interchangeable – in Manitoba waters of the Red River suggests they live a lot longer than sheepshead in warmer climates. Researchers ...

Sheepshead fish (Archosargus probatocephalus) are a species of ray-finned, predominantly marine fish commonly found along the eastern coastline of North America and South America. They are known for ...

January is our coolest month with water temperatures the lowest of the year around Southwest Florida. Just how cold ...

Eyeball to eyeball, they’re uglier than homemade soap. Small mouth but big teeth and lots of ’em. More teeth than grandpa’s rip-saw, and not exactly in decent formation. Sloped head with protruding ...

The monikers and nicknames we’ve doled out to most fish species tend toward the obvious. You don’t have to be an avid angler or an ichthyologist (a scientist who studies fish)—heck, you don’t even ...

The marine weather forecast the next few days is calling for increasing winds and building seas. Too bad for bluewater anglers since the snapper bite has been pretty steady on the reefs in 80-100 feet ...

The shrimp situation has changed little since last week. They remain scattered and small. The best reports are up around Doctor's Lake to the north where the numbers are heading up. But 10% of the ...

Sheepshead: With the cooler water and this weekend’s expected extreme cold front, sheepshead will offer the best fishing for Tampa Bay area anglers. Strike Zone, 1 ...

Though there is always a possibility that the tooth-clad fish may bite a human, an expert told Snopes that sheepshead fish “pose no threat to humans unless harassed.” In late July 2021, a TikTok video ...

Fish of the WeekSheepshead: Good numbers of sheepshead are still biting around all the bridges and most structures in the Tampa Bay area and locations elsewhere ...

Thanksgiving Day. Could it be, behind Independence Day, of course, the most American of holidays? While many outdoors enthusiasts equate the final month of fall more with hunting than fishing, for ...