sheep head

[dreamcatcher]

Good point wakina!!! concludes discussion.

[FishOn205]

no one ever said kill all sheep head. i just asked if there was a good use for them... if so lets hear it now while we are all catchin a ton of them.

[ebijack]

I know a few guys who smoke them and say they are great. the meat is not firm enough for me to do a fishboil. a friend from ohio says he grew up eating sheephead. but he doesn't eat them anymore but did like them as a kid. guess you'll just have to try a few recipes to know for sure. and I don't need more fish guts for my compost as the walleye supply enough.

[fisheye330]

Try this link below for sheep head recipes. I tried a couple on the grill last year and they were actually very good, a lot like red drum, but they can't be frozen.

I definitely do not agree with killing native species including sheep head. That is not sportsman like and actually displays an ignorance of the issues. The walleye population is not down because of sheep head but because of low walleye fry recruitment each spring, not because of the sheep head population. This level of walleye population is considered maintenance by the ODNR and is normal. If we were to push for anything in my opinion it would be halting commercial fishing in the US and in Canada and putting a stop to snagging walleye off their spawning beds every spring. Any way enough politics, try the link below.

http://www.ohioseagrant.osu.edu/_doc...er%20catch.pdf

[FishOn205]

thanx fisheye i am interested in trying some of the recipes ill post it on here on how it comes out. going out saturday in search of some perch ill post the results. good luck to all

[Travis907]

Keep a big one or two and use them for the "Lucky Stones" in their head. Some women make earrings and jewelry out of them.

[walleye2go]

I forgot all about those lucky stones. My grandpa use to keep a couple every now and again to cut those out when I was kid. Good memories.

[spoontang]

I know a few guys who smoke them and say they are great. the meat is not firm enough for me to do a fishboil. a friend from ohio says he grew up eating sheephead. but he doesn't eat them anymore but did like them as a kid. guess you'll just have to try a few recipes to know for sure. and I don't need more fish guts for my compost as the walleye supply enough.

They are great smoked. Stop in CheeseHaven and I'm sure they go for at least $10/lb.

They also have a value to the lake. They eat Zebra muscles, gobies, white perch and other invasive species and their fry provide food to walleye, bass, perch etc.

Let your conscience be your guide.

[airshot]

no one ever said kill all sheep head. i just asked if there was a good use for them... if so lets hear it now while we are all catchin a ton of them.

Us sportfishermen could never catch and kill all the sheepshead in lake erie, but at best put a small dent in the population. Sheepshead multiply much faster than our precious game fish, so making sure the sheepshead and white bass and white perch are not able to eat or spawn that we return to the lake will certainly not cause their demise!

Airshot

[walleye oughta]

My yellow lab has allergies pretty bad...have her on a 'plain' diet. She loves it when I bring home drum. Boned out and boiled is a great treat for her. Beats milk bones. I fry up my share too, just not as much as hat she gets!