Last Updated on May 30, 2019
Todays fishing trip was to some docks that I frequent around the Halifax River. Armed with live shrimp and fiddler crabs I planed on targeting Sheepshead and did so successfully!
The first cast of a fiddler crab ended up being the best. I landed an 18” Sheepshead! The fish put up a good fight, but when fighting my Ambassador 6500 with 30lb braid and a 20lb fluorocarbon leader it was no match!
I ended up landing 3 keeper sized Sheepshead and 2 undersize and 1 mangrove snapper. All on only 2 dozen fiddler crabs!
The shrimp only caught a few cats and an 18” whiting, my largest to date!
Daniel Hagan has been fishing Florida’s shores since 1985 and writing about it for more than 20 years. As Managing Editor of FloridaShoreFishing.com, he shares firsthand experience covering surf and pier fishing, tackle, techniques, and Florida’s coastal species.
