12 off Ventura, reeled in a California sheephead that weighed 34.8 pounds on a certified scale at Channel Islands Sportfishing. The International Game Fish Assn. lists a 28.6-pound sheephead as ...

The freaky fish lives in the western Atlantic Ocean. You might find a California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) like this one roaming the rocky reefs and kelp forests that line the shore from ...

All fish share two traits: they live in water and they have a backbone—they are vertebrates. Apart from these similarities, however, many of the species in this group differ markedly from one ...

You'd think we'd be out catching another kind of fish, but we're actually jigging for sheephead with Stingnose Jigging Spoons. Sheephead They are a strong fish and give a great fight! Click ...

The inshore yellowtail bite slowed a bit, but the size of the fish are a bit larger than the schools of three- to six-pound "rats" that have popped up in recent weeks. Sheephead are also on the chew.

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