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Old May 19th, 2006, 03:19 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.saltwater
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Default Fishing for sheepshead in tampa bay


"Rodney Long" wrote in message
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T3 wrote:

Smart little bugger's aren't they? We always used a rig with the sinker
at the end, that keeps tension on the line as you move it slowly up and
down around pilings. Hold the line between you're thumb and finger too,
as they will use those molars to crush the crabs and you will hardly ever
feel the bite. It works for drum as well. Good luck...



Here is an awesome solution
http://www.standouthooks.com/

Now if I can get them to make them bigger than a 2/0 (they won't untill
people ask them to)

Some hand made proto's is 5/0 through 9/0, never lost a cut bait (unless
the fish was caught) while wreck fishing (deep sea fishing), they caught
every fish that bit.

I need to get TTI to go all the way, and make these for deep sea fishing


Yup, those work too. If you're not fishing around pilings, try sand fleas as
they work really good as well. I found that if you slightly boil them first
they turn pink(like shrimp)and for some unknown reason the sheeps just jump
on 'um...