The BEST Bait for SHEEPSHEAD ** ARE WORMS BETTER THAN CRABS??

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Жыл бұрын

In search of the best bait to catch sheepshead!! In this video I head out kayak fishing for sheepshead. During this sheepshead fishing adventure, I had two different baits to test, crabs and worms. Everyone catches sheepshead with worms and are easily known to be the best bait for sheepshead but how do they compare to worms? Thats what we are going to find out today!
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@patrickduffy3101 Жыл бұрын

Think a more fair comparison would be to rotate after each bite or within a smaller time frame. Conditions can change to rapidly in longer time frames.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I agree

@James-jo4xr Жыл бұрын

Awesome video from Sargent Edgin Disabled retired Combat Veteran, U.SArmy , Nashville, Tennessee, keep up the great videos I love them ✅✅🪖🇺🇸🙏

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service and thanks for supporting the channel!!

@James-jo4xr Жыл бұрын

@@southernsalt your very welcome 🙏 Thank you 😊

@angelawhite4507 Жыл бұрын

You should do a worm then next cast crab. Doing this way would be better comparison since a lot can change in an hour.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@seanvarone6380 Жыл бұрын

Another great video! That was some tough conditions for sure! Awesome content as usual Nate! Thank you for all that you do for the sport that we love!!!

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Thanks brother! Looking forward to the next one!

@charlieridgway1085 9 ай бұрын

Now that's a linebacker of sheep's head congrads my dream fish to catch

@claylyons8160 Жыл бұрын

I like using a heavy cane-pole with 50lb test line, a split shot weight and a strong long shank j-hook. For bait I like to use relatively small pieces of shrimp and blue claw crab legs

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Man that’s one awesome way to catch sheepshead. I’ve never used the cane pole but Capt. Collier and you have me intrigued

@julianheyman5334 Жыл бұрын

Great job! Very great show.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@reelcoastal Жыл бұрын

Great video! Tight lines🎣💪❤️

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

🙌

@taylorcarlson7365 Жыл бұрын

I fished that spot last weekend. Met a friend of yours from Alabama we tried the earth worms and didn’t have any luck. I caught all of mine on barnacles which was a first for me and also landed my PB sheep at 22”. I’m ready for the trout to move back into the “so called surf” around here but I’m sure gonna miss the sheepshead.

@kennethdavis459 Жыл бұрын

Great day of fishing guys

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Given the conditions I’ll take it lol

@FishVirginia Жыл бұрын

Please try a double dropper loop with worms on one hook and crabs on another.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@Captain_Kdawg Жыл бұрын

You should say how to loose sheeps head. 😂 kidding I miss a lot as well. It’s apart of sheepshead fishing!!!!

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

😂 no doubt lol

@alexanderku1949 Жыл бұрын

I’m deff going to try this with tog in New Jersey. Wormsssss

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

🙌 update us on your thoughts

@albrown5738 Жыл бұрын

First time watching your channel. Thanks for the tip I will definitely try worms next time I go sheepshead fishing

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

🙌 🙌

@riverratfishing Жыл бұрын

The Sheep is on my bucket list. Hopefully one day I put a couple in that bucket. Excellent video. The fight just looks amazing.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, head down to the coast and find a bridge they will be there!

@Truth_Serum_1 Жыл бұрын

I live in metro Atlanta and I just completed my bucket list with sheephead. Head down to St Petersburg Florida in January or February. And you can find them at Coffee POT blvd under the bridge or the st Petersburg Pier.

@getthenet1015 Жыл бұрын

Hey nate! Good seein ya at the boat show! (Guy in crutches)

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Hey brother nice meeting you as well!!

@zyxwfish Жыл бұрын

I caught sheepshead when I was a kid down in Florida visiting my grandparents. Would love to move down south some day just for the fishing. Oh and thank you for practicing catch and release. Seems to be rare for salt water fishing.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Thanks brother, hope you get down this way and get to go fishing soon!

@DueSouthFishing Жыл бұрын

Hey Brother great Job!! Up here in North Carolina these Sheep's only deal with fiddler crabs, barnacle's and sand fiddlers. I wish they would eat a worm or a piece of shrimp, It's funny how the same species have different feeding habits but that has a lot to do with different and available bait in our particular areas but that's what keeps us anglers on our toes....

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Maybe so, I might have to make a road trip and test it lol

@CheekyChops710 Жыл бұрын

What do you mean what happened lol!!!!!!!😂

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂

@nathanankersen4695 Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite channel, hands down. Still waiting for the granola cluster bait challenge. Also, if you can show how to hook a barnacle I'd love to see that. They always disengrate once I get them off the pylons with nowhere to hook them.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

No problem brother maybe you can meet me over there soon!

@ChillinHD Жыл бұрын

The rig I use is a 1/0 live bait hook with a splitshot less than a cm from the hook. I used to use smaller jigs but hook tip would bend because of the sheephead teeth.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Good deal!

@afout07 Жыл бұрын

that is one of my favorite rigs for sheepshead. I also like a knocker rig or a swing jig. Oh and i totally agree about letting the big ones go. Those fish are likely pretty old by the time they get that big, it doesnt sit right with me just killing them.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Nice!!

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I agree, those fish are definitely old and man I really enjoy releasing them.

@jamesmitchell8806 Жыл бұрын

I love these videos and also would make sense sheepshead would eat worms considering I've caught blackfish( not the same but very similar diet) with blood and lug worms on porgy trips keep it up !!!

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

🙌

@bryanrackard9268 7 ай бұрын

Amen brother!

@southernsalt 7 ай бұрын

🙌

@garrett3117 Жыл бұрын

You can kill some flounders on a jerk/dive bait right now under Old Ft Bayou, right pier of the boat ramp, not the new big one.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Nice! I didn’t think they came back in quite yet

@thahtran3236 5 ай бұрын

Me and friend fish in the bay bridge too.

@southernsalt 5 ай бұрын

Nice!!

@j.mimoso4767 Жыл бұрын

You are causing a ruckus in the KZfaq world with the worms, my brother! Get with JC from Rad Reeling. Love to see you fish with him. Show him worms work. Lol

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Lol am I. Guess I’ll just have to go live with the worms

@dalionkeyng3476 Жыл бұрын

Do a video with 'FISHING FLAWDA' that guy is a monster. His sheepshead be in the 20inch range

@mk-xh6jt Жыл бұрын

Nah.Keep doing your own thing don't want any more hype from other Channels

@abigailbalneg6863 Жыл бұрын

I believe you bro just enjoy your fishing you prove enough.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I agree brother!

@chadwest5847 Жыл бұрын

I would like 2 see you use a double hook rig using 2 different baits at the same time,swapping which bait is on the bottom to see which they prefer

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I might do that

@Sjs-wi9vr Жыл бұрын

14k views rn. It's good stuff brother.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

🙌

@rileywilliams2592 Жыл бұрын

good deal

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@iwalkincircles2960 Жыл бұрын

Sheepshead are so good to eat. Can't believe you turn them back

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I keep only what I need. No need in keeping everything I catch.

@iwalkincircles2960 Жыл бұрын

Yeah but a fish fry with friends is priceless

@wingo19 Жыл бұрын

Is that Dauphin Island Bridge?

@HuntFish_DodFather Жыл бұрын

I’ve got to try the worms.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

They definitely work

@williamchandler2494 Жыл бұрын

I see your back in your Hobie Pro Angler, you fished the Hobie itrek. Looked like the itrek did the job. I need to travel and I am thinking itrek inflatable. Should I have concerns?

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I’ve never used the ITREK, I have the lynx and absolutely love it!

@williamchandler2494 Жыл бұрын

Yes I actually meant the Lynx. I am going to try out both the Lynx and itrek I will let you know.

@ManningTheOutdoors Жыл бұрын

Unfair to the worms, you should've went one for one before conditions changed. Good video though

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, I agree

@lvsaltwater Жыл бұрын

What do I know 😂 maybe a stiffer rod would help with the hook ups ,, help get better hook penetration ,, picked me up some hooks yesterday 😎

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Lol maybe but I’ve had a ton of success on this setup. I think it’s expected to lose a few fish sheepshead fishing lol

@NoleYakin Жыл бұрын

Normally go with a bottom sweeper jig or some weight and a small live bait hook

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Nice!!

@mk-xh6jt Жыл бұрын

It's a doggone 23" inches while hes still fightin it..🤣

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

😂 😂

@pnwpaddler Жыл бұрын

To get a MUCH fairer comparison of baits…go every other cast or…3 casts with one bait and then 3 with the other. Of course any given day, the fish do prefer one over others…the next day it may change haha 🤷🏼‍♂️😂🎣🤙🏻🍻

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Definitely, the only reason I don’t do it that way is because it would be an editing nightmare to sort through and find all those clips.

@pnwpaddler Жыл бұрын

@@southernsalt There has to be an easy to way to organize your footage so it isn’t…don’t find much value in the format you are doing it currently…love the channel though 🎣🤙🏻🍻

@Fishing4Reel Жыл бұрын

Have you ever tried single strand wire to reduce break-offs or do they shy away from that?

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Sheepshead are pretty line shy.

@Fishing4Reel Жыл бұрын

@@southernsalt good to know.

@themechanic7314 Жыл бұрын

I used to lose alot of fish with circle hooks so I switched to J hooks. I don't lose as many.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I’ve experimented with a ton of hooks and these are the best I’ve found I think I just got bad hook sets

@growinghealthyinflorida1060 Жыл бұрын

You should do a day of all nightcrawler.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I have a few of those video’s already on the channel. I posted them right before this one.

@charlesbarnes6912 Жыл бұрын

Kayak fishing looks like a blast but I know I'd hurt myself...I can't do 3 things at once lol

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Lol

@growinghealthyinflorida1060 Жыл бұрын

You should try shorter time because like you said the wind and the current train so you should do like half hour or every 15 minutes, so keeping both kind of even.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@dalionkeyng3476 Жыл бұрын

Do a video with 'FISHING FLAWDA' that guy is a monster. His sheepshead be in the 20inch range

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I’ll check the channel out

@marcushannon8201 Жыл бұрын

I’m gonna try the worms vs fiddlers tmr

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Let me know how you do!

@marcushannon8201 Жыл бұрын

@@southernsalt weather ended up getting bad before I got a chance to try them. I’ll give another shot this week

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

@@marcushannon8201 10-fo!!

@Bassmaster5240 Жыл бұрын

Looks like Pensacola Bay

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

🤫

@jdoboy6835 6 ай бұрын

Enjoyable video for sure! But, I would have enjoyed seeing the fish down below your yak on your screen, amongst those pilings,,, just to prove something was down there.? Then drop down & alter the bait to compare,,, like specially go to a worm after a quick miss with a crab. ;>) Now,,, I'll have to search through your play list for some FLOUNDER catch'n!

@paulwelch5570 Жыл бұрын

Where is this boat ramp at

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

On Patreon

@jefferymeadows7671 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if small artificial worms would work?

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I bet they would

@mitchmoore44 Жыл бұрын

Man I gotta find this bridge

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

It’s on my patreon channel with a full google earth breakdown

@growinghealthyinflorida1060 Жыл бұрын

I think next time you should start out with the nightcrawlers first.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I might do that

@samrizzo8673 Жыл бұрын

Knocker rig with 2 beads

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@mk-xh6jt Жыл бұрын

Thanks for releasing the breeders..Brother..Sheeps Fishing isn't near what it use to be where I live. Too much pressure now & too many limit gluttons

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Thanks man. I think maturity is knowing you don’t have to keep a limit just because you can. Now don’t get me wrong there are people out there that may only fish every once in a while and need to stock their freezer but for me I enjoy putting them back.

@RandomJ2023 Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah man good content. Would love to come out there and grab me some sheep! I am still #mindblown about the Walmart Nightcrawlers. Awesome stuff!

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Come on!

@BLACKRAIN390 7 ай бұрын

Mud crabs the best to me..... I tried mussels, I salt dried them, didn't catch a thing

@southernsalt 7 ай бұрын

🙌

@jasonstone8222 Жыл бұрын

Wonder if they eat hot dogs

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I’m sure they will. I might try that one.

@samrizzo8673 Жыл бұрын

Does not work in south fl

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I bet it does, I think the angler needs more patience and leave the bait down longer

@skindiver61 2 ай бұрын

I tried night crawlers all day yesterday.My two other buddies on the boats went threw 100 crabs and caught sheepheads. I only cough 3 babey grouper, But what's weird is the sheephead will eat (Tube worms) Which look like night crawlers. Tube worms live under water in the sand. You dig them up on a really low tide.

@VoiceOfReason5487 7 ай бұрын

I bet bacon would work well and wouldn't come off easily.

@southernsalt 7 ай бұрын

🙌

@ChillinHD Жыл бұрын

Crabs are by far better. I tried both and the sheeps would demolish my crabs.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I agree but worms are good when other things are not available

@bruceweller2447 Жыл бұрын

I bet they’d knock the pee out of a live cricket….whatcha think?

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Ain’t no doubt lol I’ll have to try it

@hebrewhammer2117 Жыл бұрын

Oysters with pantyhose is hands down best sheepshead bait.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Roger that

@christopherdishon8346 Жыл бұрын

How about 1v1 with capt. collier your worms vs his crawfish 🤷🏼‍♂️ biggest wins

@christopherdishon8346 Жыл бұрын

@CaptCollier

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

Man no joke, we actually talked about that lol

@christopherdishon8346 Жыл бұрын

@@southernsalt I think I speak for the majority that we’d love to see it

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

🙌 I think it’ll have to happen then

@frankbeck2180 Жыл бұрын

This channel is rapidly becoming one of my favorite fishing shows .a awesome fisherman and not a lot of drama and best of all not a bunch of clowning around and want to be comedian just good old-fashioned fishing and that's what the audience comes to see not an audition for a comedy role authentic and set apart from most of the rest just continue being yourself stay safe and keep em coming..🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 ps you can drop the let's go bull shit . Like I said be yourself and not copy from others.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I don’t know how to take this comment, I guess thanks lol. I say let’s go because I’m pumped up and in the moment not because I feel like I have to lol.

@j.mimoso4767 Жыл бұрын

Let's Go!

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

🙌 🙌

@fishinfool3795 Жыл бұрын

I'm not particularly a fan of "Let's Go"......................................................... Having said that, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

@@fishinfool3795 😂 😂

@jpeazyy1397 Жыл бұрын

You had me go n get 🪱 🪱s but no luck. Will try again tho. Live shrimp got em tho.

@southernsalt Жыл бұрын

I don’t think the worms get ate as fast as other baits but I do think that if that bait sits down there in front of a sheepshead he is going to eat it eventually. The worms are kind of a back up if you don’t have anything else or can’t afford anything else.