SHEEPSHEAD FISHING IN MATLACHA, FL

Sam takes a trip to Matlacha, FL to stock up on Sheepshead fillets while in quarantine.
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[@WesLo1970]

Bro, thank you for the cast net clearing. I try to clean up everywhere I go. You have my respect!

[@benjaminharding3615]

Nice skills around the rocky and oyster structure, good Job !! Thx for the good deed on the cast net , keep catching!!

[@padreoutdoors]

Thanks for the info! I just found out yesterday I’ll be headed to Matlatcha in June or July. Looking forward to fishing!

[@webincomeincome8767]

Yep. Size #1 or #2 are best sizes unless you are in really large fish then I go to 1/0 or even 2/0.

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

That fish is almost identical to a fish we get here in Australia - Bream . Ours don’t have stripes and spines along the top are a little shorter .

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

Yes I know exactly which one your talking about. I wonder if they’re in the same family 🤙🏻🤔

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

@@FlatsFeverFishing Acanthopagrus butcheri This is the Black Bream Acanthopagrus Australis This is the yellow fin Bream . I have seen a similar fish in Asian waters as well but not sure of the genus . I don’t know the range of the sheepshead in regards to territory or habitat but our Bream can be caught off the ocean beaches / rocks right up to near fresh water in the estuary and everywhere in between but they do prefer snags , pylons and oyster racks . From memory the Australian record was around 5lb and that fish could have been over 25yrs old as they are very slow growing .

[@anitasayachack4004]

Hi I like watching your fishing video. I want to where you fishing at in this video

[@anchor-uppontoonlovers2574]

Hey buddy have u had any luck at matlacha for sheephead ? Also how do u like that Engel live well ? I am thanking about getting one

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

Haven’t even tried for them this year yet. I went to Sanibel pier a couple times within the last few weeks, and caught some studs out there on crabs. I absolutely love that thing man! It’s perfect for shiners, greenies, pinkish, and shrimp.

[@michaelturnage7475]

This man desires more subs

[@Rob-ow3bx]

Nice catch!!..are you fishing in the morning there? I wanna hit the bridge tomorrow...and who has crabs locally for sale?

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

Rob 6800 yes it was about 8lsh AM there. I was check with D&D to see if they still have some fiddlers.

[@iam_swayv7651]

D&D bait and tackle I just started working there yesterday stop by we always have live bait 🦀

[@RH-qk5lt]

Are there typically fiddler crabs under the bridge? Or will you share where you usually catch them? Also, I see you uploaded the video in the spring. I thought Sheeps were typically a winter only along the bridges?

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

Honestly I usually go to dog beach or blind pass in Bonita, if I have time the day before I head out to find the bigger fiddlers along the mangrove edges. But if I did not have time to catch bait the day prior, I will literally just flip rocks along the bridges and use the small mangrove crabs or Barnacle‘s that are underneath. Believe it or not some of my biggest sheepshead have been on a free lined barnacle with a #4 mustad hook. Sheepshead are usually a winter fish, but some years they will stay through spring as well depending on how their spawning session has gone. But you will usually see them thick around the bridges and pilings from late December through mid March.

[@RH-qk5lt]

@@FlatsFeverFishing Much appreciate the reply! I live in IL am retiring and moving to Cape Coral in 2 yrs. I go to Matlacha about 3 times a year, rent a kayak and fish as much as possible. Any education I can get via KZbin has been a huge help and lets me try different things I've learned the few times I'm actually able to fish in Florida. I've got some Chasebait fiddler crabs that I had planned on trying next time if there weren't fiddlers along the bridge pilings. I'm embarrassed to say this but I never thought about the barnacles....Thanks for helping.

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

@@RH-qk5lt no need to be embarrassed my friend. Your not a local YET ;) so how would you know. Let’s do this, when ever you do retire or come down for a visit and it is sheepshead season hit me up and I will show a few tricks 🤙🏻

[@RH-qk5lt]

@@FlatsFeverFishing You got a deal. I've got Kayaks and a Sea Hunt. 👍

[@webincomeincome8767]

Sheepshead are around all year round but they spawn Feb-April so just more of them and bigger inshore then normal.

[@browardc2428]

Is this a good sheepshead spot around this time of year in late January?

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

It’s a ready good spot in the winter for sheepshead and black drum. Get you some small crabs and free line the pilings

[@browardc2428]

@@FlatsFeverFishing Thanks man. I'm coming from Fort Lauderdale. Do you know a bait shop that sells crabs?

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

@browardc2428 try “Big boys bait and tackle” on Pine island, or “D &D tackle”

[@browardc2428]

@@FlatsFeverFishing Thanks man I appreciate it. Im going monday to give it a try. It was hard trying to figuring out if I should fish the east coast of Florida or the west coast

[@daveb920]

And also that’s why they call it terminal tackle. I would gladly sacrifice five dollars worth of terminal tackle or even $20 worth of terminal tackle or more considering the value of the meat that I am getting for my family

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

David Balado a few extra hooks and some leader line is well worth it!

[@daveb920]

FlatsFever Fishing absolutely!!

[@anchor-uppontoonlovers2574]

What month would be good at that spot ? thank u great information

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

Anchor-Up Pontoon Lovers I usually hit it heavy there during the later winter months. Typically late January-February.

[@stay_free]

I moved here in 2016 and still haven't caught anything more than a couple of puffers and some lizard fish. I must be doing alot wrong

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

Sounds like your fishing off the bottom with weight. Use little to no weight, scale down on your leader size (use floro) and use live bait. You will start scoring

[@TheDjScotti]

Is there anywhere around there to catch fiddler crabs?

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

SplitShot Scott I had a couple good spots near Sanibel, but it’s been posted no trespassing since. Bonita (Dog beach) you can still find some nice ones if you don’t mind catching your bait a day before a trip. Honestly though I try to find thick mangroves and get them that way.

[@tylermclendon9943]

HEY SAMMY! your brother told me that you are hot on our tails for LMB PBs. Come to Augusta again and we’ll show you the honey hole brother.

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

Tyler McLendon oh yeah!! Chasing them double digit slobs. Once everything settles back to normal we will plan a trip brother 🤙🏻🔥🔥🔥

[@iam_swayv7651]

Ppl want to visit and trash our home makes me 😡

[@FlatsFeverFishing]

Same brother!! Gets me so hot when I see people trashing our little slice of paradise! 🤬👎🏻