I have been fishing Erie since the late 50's. My Dad told me to throw back sheephead because they were trash fish. When I was a kid I felt blessed to catch any fish with a worm under a bobber, and throwing back the sheephead ( down south here in KY they are generally called drum) just felt wrong. Over the years many a sheephead bit my Erie Derie and they all got thrown back. A few weeks ago I was able to get 4 days on a calm Erie and catch a bunch of nice Walleye eaters and not a one sheephead.
So my question is why not keep and eat sheephead? Are they hard to clean? Are they tasty if fixed correctly? Why does everyone throw them back? Inquiring minds want to know!
So my question is why not keep and eat sheephead? Are they hard to clean? Are they tasty if fixed correctly? Why does everyone throw them back? Inquiring minds want to know!