Sheepshead
- Average Size: 14 inches, 3 pound
- South Carolina State Record: 16 pounds, 6 ounces (2008)
- Best Season: May-Nov(inshore) Dec – March (nearshore)
Sheepshead Habitat typically include nearshore coastal waters, bays, sounds, as well as brackish reaches of rivers that are associated with reefs, live bottom, wrecks, piers, pilings, rocks, and jetties. Sheepshead are omnivorous grazers that use their unique teeth to grind and crush invertebrates associated with hard structures which makes them notoriously difficult to catch.
Feeding primarily on mussels, clams, small oysters, barnacles, crabs, shrimp, and small fish; may also consume tunicates, polychaete worms and amphipods or copepods. As sheepshead age, they tend to move to offshore reef habitats and during the colder months they will gather in large schools which often provide non-stop fishing action.
Recent Fishing Reports
2020 Fall – Winyah Bay Fishing
December 12, 2020
Spring 2020 Fishing Report – Open for Business
May 13, 2020
Winter Fishing
February 9, 2020
2020 Winter Fishing Report
February 3, 2020
2018 – Year of Fishing in Review
January 3, 2019
