June 14th, I set out after work to fish some walleyes with a good friend, Bill Hendricks. Bill is a very good walleye angler on his home lake and seems to have them walters dialed in at all times. Early in the year, until July, he slip floats walleyes with a plain hook and leech on main lake points that are adjacent to deep water. We usually anchor in 14 feet of water, cast to 11, with the leech 1 foot off the bottom...works real good!
On this night we did catch some walleyes, nothing huge but, some good fish for a meal. The real treat came when I set into a very large sheepshead or freshwater drum! I knew within a few seconds that what was on the recieving end of my slip float set up was not a walleye! The drag was singing a sweet and long tune! Bill had ask me if I wanted to cut my line and I said with a confused chatter in voice, "Are you nuts!", "Any fish that can do this is worthy of battle to the end." Bill, did not seem amused. He did however, do a great job netting the biggest sheepshead I have ever caught so far!
18 pounds 5 ounces!
Released
Only a few, and I mean a very few, anglers around my area target these hard fisghting behemoths! Well, its safe to say that I now am one of those few you will go on the hunt for them! Just way too much fun for this guy to pass up. I will admit that I don't know much about the habits of sheepshead but, I will be figuring it out for the rest of the summer.
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