Sheephead???????

[LWArchery]

Any good recpie for sheepheads other than fried?

[stickman]

Grill it on the half shell just like a redfish. Yummy! Also, you can bake it whole flake all the meat off the bones and stick in some fish tacos with avocado and tomatillo salsa.

[spotnstalker]

Sheephead brings back some funny memories. I am originally from Kansas and therefore knew absolutely nothing about saltwater fishing before I went to optometry school in Houston. Well one day my dad was in town and I took him to seawolf park and we were catching sheephead like crazy. I had to ask what they were b/c I had never caught or seen one before. All the other fish I had caught out there had some sharp teeth so I knew not to finger those. Well while inspecting the sheepheads teeth I noticed how smooth and white they were in the back and was commenting on that when my dad said "feel them". Okay I was an idiot b/c I couldn't see how this fairly small fish could hurt me so I felt his molars and he mashed my finger like it was hit with a hammer. I found out shortly after that they use those teeth for crushing shells. Someone also told me they weren't worth eating. I guess I should have tried them for myself. Now I'm in the panhandle and never even get to pickup a rod and reel much less stick my fingers in a fish's mouth

[firecapt186]

I shot a ton of those, back when I was diving the oil rigs. They were good target practice and good eating. bake them, grill them either on the half shell or in a wire basket. Or in a courtboullion, it's hard to write it the way it's supposed to sound, but it's not pronounced the way it's spelled. It's a fish sauce picante'.
tomatoe paste
onions
celery
garlic
basil
tony's cajun seasoning
fish
served over rice

[RaginCagin]

Like fire capr. said a courtbillion is very good with this fish. Start out with a half a stick of butter melt into pot and add diced onion and bellpepper. add 1 cup of water and pour in tomatoe paste and seasoning. Cookk down for 1 hour until gravy becomes thick. Add fish and cook for 15 minutes. Serve over rice.

In Louisiana Sheep head is commonly used as imitation crab meat. Take the fillet and pull a fork across agaisnt the grain to get shreds of fish. boil about 5 minutes in a little crawfish boil and salt. Makes great dips as well as toppings on blackened fish.

[Cajun Blake]

.......In Louisiana Sheep head is commonly used as imitation crab meat. Take the fillet and pull a fork across agaisnt the grain to get shreds of fish. boil about 5 minutes in a little crawfish boil and salt. Makes great dips as well as toppings on blackened fish.

+ 1 as that's how I fix it to Josh

I actually fillet the meat slabs , wrap in cheesecloth , secure with a twist tie, then boil in crab boil

very good stuff

[glen]

I will keep a sheephead over a trout any day of the week. I usually don't keep trout and keep every goathead I can catch and actually carry a little can of clams to catch them as I usually just fish plastic. I have not found a way to cook them and it wasnt good. I will try the cheesecloth idea though