Quote Originally Posted by Ketchn View Post
first few i ever caught when i was young living on the coast my daddy said they were trash fish
when i found some big ones in florida in the mangrove estuary as a young man i threw them back
the man that rented the john boat to me asked if i ketched anything and i said yep some of this and some of that and a herd of sheepshead
AND he said and you threw them BACK ?
i rented the boat again the next day and kept a herd of them .....mmmmm
they are just wonderful table fair to say the least
and can bite off a light wire hook as i found out quite easily
They are still an ugly fish and I will not land them by the jaw like a bass.