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  • Super User

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That's a tautog, I believe...

  • Super User

Whatever kind of fish it is, it needs to go see spongebob's dentist for a whitening.

  • Super User

It's a sheepshead fish.

Sheepshead

  • Super User

I'll name him George

  • Super User

I stand corrected, it is a sheepshead. Tautog have interesting teeth, too, but not quite that crazy.

Holy cow what an ugly fish.

the sheephead we catch here dont look like that they have more of carp mouth unless thats what they look like when u peel there lips back

is this the same fish

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the sheephead we catch here dont look like that they have more of carp mouth unless thats what they look like when u peel there lips back

is this the same fish

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Nope, that's a drum, or a freshwater sheepshead as some call it, gaspergoo, croaker, knocker, or dorkfish as I call them.

The fish in the first picture is a saltwater sheepshead.

  • Super User

We call freshwater drum sheeps head around here also

  • Super User

That fish has a mouth only a guy at last call could love :MSN-Emoticon-129:

  • Super User

Don't Sheepshead eat barnacles? The teeth are for crushing the shells.

  • Super User

Don't Sheepshead eat barnacles? The teeth are for crushing the shells.

Yep and crabs, other shell stuff like clams

I heard people taking a hoe and scraping the barnacles to chum the water

 crabs, shrimp and/or pieces of clams are used as bait.

Yep and crabs, other shell stuff like clams

I heard people taking a hoe and scraping the barnacles to chum the water

 crabs, shrimp and/or pieces of clams are used as bait.

I did marine construction for 8 yrs and we would scrape pilings before we wrapped them with plastic. If you did it first thing in the morning by lunch time is was prime time to catch them.

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