How to Use sheepshead in a Sentence

sheepshead

noun

• The full moon will be the peak of the sheepshead spawn.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 4 Apr. 2021
• How to play sheepshead Here is how to play call an ace.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2023
• In the North Atlantic, the term includes scup and sheepshead.
  — Deena Shanker, Bloomberg.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• Fish a piece of cut shrimp on a small jig around rocky ledges to connect with sheepshead; www.ateamfishing.com.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 13 Dec. 2019
• February marks the start of some of the year's best fishing for sheepshead.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2018
• Look for shell bottom or rock outcrops to catch the sheepshead.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 29 Nov. 2019
• In three-handed sheepshead each player get 10 cards with two in the blinds.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2020
• The Gulf State Park pier continues to produce lots of sheepshead, as well.
  — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• The marsh creeks north and west of Dauphin Island are producing trout and reds and some sheepshead on live shrimp.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 10 Jan. 2020
• Their guides will take you fishing for trout, flounder, black drum, sheepshead, sharks, and more.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 24 July 2023
• The sheepshead will then taper off, but then more Spanish, more pompano and specks will show up.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 4 Apr. 2021
• For those who tire of chasing trout and reds, the sheepshead bite is likely to continue for a few more weeks.
  — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• Seek out the deepest holes in these areas and fish live shrimp near bottom for sheepshead, trout and redfish.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 19 Feb. 2021
• There are still plenty of trout and sheepshead north of the Mobile Causeway in the five-rivers area, where live shrimp fished deep will connect; www.ateamfishing.com.
  — Joe Songer, AL.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• At some point in history, tarpon cruised in and out of Tarpon Gut, and Sheepshead Bay was rife with sheepshead.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 20 Sep. 2023
• Around Florida, the preferred habitat of a fish called the sheepshead drops by nearly half.
  — David Malakoff, Science | AAAS, 16 May 2018
• Fish found there by Fishbrain users include largemouth bass, pike, rock bass, bluegill and sheepshead.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2020
• Sheepshead are crustacean eaters and have no interest in a lively baitfish, a fresh piece of cut bait or chunks of frozen squid.
  — Brent Gaskill, Tampa Bay Times, 21 Feb. 2017
• Corpus Christi: Black drum, flounder, redfish, sheepshead and speckled trout are some of the most plentiful fish found in the area.
  — Jerry Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
• Outdoors report Galveston - Good catches of sheepshead have come from the jetty on shrimp.
  — Bink Grimes, Houston Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2018
• From the coast, the sheepshead spawn is slowing but there are still plenty of big ones hanging on the rigs and rocks in lower Mobile Bay—a shrimp on bottom gets them.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 16 Apr. 2021
• The near-shore areas have been good, but fishermen have had to release a lot of sheepshead in order to put a six-fish limit of walleye in the cooler.
  — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 3 June 2021
• The history of sheepshead There is not a clear history of when and where sheepshead, or schafkopf (its German name), was created.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2023
• Fish include white perch, yellow perch, sheepshead, walleye and gizzard mud.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2020
• Commonly caught fish include croaker, perch, speckled trout, sheepshead, sand trout, gafftop and bull reds.
  — Emilia Benton, Houston Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2019
• Both the sheepshead – a common catch among anglers in Alabama waters – and the elusive permit fish had records broken twice for the biggest fish of its kind caught to date.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 17 Jan. 2023
• Scattered catches of trout, black drum and sheepshead also were reported.
  — Bink Grimes, Houston Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2018
• Fiddler crabs are a superb bait for redfish, permit, black drum, sheepshead, pompano, tautog, and more.
  — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
• Redfish and sheepshead and a couple of particularly bullish black drum that tested our reel's drags.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2018
• One group engaged in table-pounding rounds of four-handed Schafkopf, more commonly known as sheepshead.
  — Barry Adams, The Seattle Times, 8 Dec. 2017

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