[.Steve]

Went out on the Fox River yesterday with my neighbor's uncle and a few of his buddies, and we caught between 5-6 of these things. Most were about a foot long or so, and we didn't know what they were. TIA

 

[Bassman For Life]

Those are the lovely Drum fish

 

[MrB]

a.k.a. sheepshead.

 

[Bassman For Life]

LMAOOO Mr B

 

[.Steve]

OK, thank you both. Pardon my n00bness, but why sheepshead?

 

[Culprit]

cuz they look like they have a sheeps head

 

[toothdoc]

That is definitely a sheepshead. With the bigger ones it becomes more obvious why they have that name.

 

[FishinMatt]

They are kinda fun when you run into a big one

 

[Neil S]

Yeah I remember catching that 8lb 4oz drum at the horseshoe jigging for perch with 6 pound test. They do fight when they get bigger.

 

[prince o pike]

they are caled s*** heads on winnebago :lol: , ther actually pretty tasty if you cook them right, and id have enough to feed the chicago area with all the ones i catch on winnebego. its insane. they are fun tho :wink:

 

[Philosopher in Meditation]

Its eye is mesmerizing. :shock: :lol:

 

[spiroh]

There's a lot of Drum in Fox. I have seen some huge ones in Lake Michigan though.

 

[FishinMatt]

Drum can be pretty darn aggressive. I have thought I had the state record smallmouth a few times, only to pull out a big drum on a crankbait or inline spinner.

 

[Philosopher in Meditation]

That fish looks awesome, great job FishinMatt.

 

[Legend075]

You should see the ones we catch in the mississippi River 15-20#'s on 3 inch live crawfish. The pic is sved on my phone but for some reason I can post the pic.