This was considered a “garbage” fish when we were younger, commonly also known as a bottom feeder. Do you know what fish this is with the eerie human like teeth? (answer under the picture)
This is none other then the “Sheepshead” These are found in the Great Lakes of Ontario as well as other areas in Canada. Remember that next time when you go swimming.
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we always called them sucker fish… dont know the real name though lol… apparently they actually taste really good, i personally wouldnt know. To creepy…
It’s teeth looks better than some people i know.
Hummmm….YUCK!!!
make a fish ‘useful’ and harvest for dentures… 🙂
If you open up the head of this fish you will find a rock in the forehead area.It looks like a black quartzit.Also,the sheephead puts up a great fight. It goes straight to the bottom and hold you there until it gets tired..I loved catching this fish at my old cottage along Lake Erie near Pt Dover. Not a very good eating fish, Very boney and muddy tasting. My mom used them for fertalizer for her garden.
OMG!! That is creepy!! Hope there aren’t any in Mitchell’s Bay where we go boating & swimming!! yikes, lol
Another great reason why I don’t eat fish. Why the heck does it need people-like teeth? Does it like corn on the cob? Ask it the next time you catch one, then let the poor thing go, it’s got enough bad going for it.
A side note, I lived on a lake from age 8 to 25, never been bit by a fish. Turtles have tried, alway got out of the water too quick for snakes… the only fish that ever gave me a tickle of a nibble were sunfish on my toes when I was little… This bad boy would hurt, but I doubt your chances of being bit would be very high.
Anyone have an actual Sheepshead bite story? And I mean this fish, not Pike, because many people have been bit by a Pike if they swim in the Great lakes.
Funny how some people have too much time on their hands! This is a website for fun and coupons!!!!! This isn’t english class.
sally, you post some interesting stuff
Ewwwww! I would be creeped out if I had this at the end of my line, lol. Would this be a good one for “Rters”? 😉
Pacu fish i think
So…How is this going to save us money? Thanks for having too much free time … Sally.
You sure this type of fish isnt mutated because the pollution of Lake Ontario? Whats with those teeth
Hey Carly, sheephead are all over in Mitchell’s Bay actually. It was always my luck even when no other fish were biting out there, i always caught a few sheephead.
He needs braces! :p
yuck
baahahaha! This reminds me of the time when I was a teenager and a bunch of us were at the beach. An older man came up to us and asked if any of us saw his teeth. He lost them at the beach. For weeks, he’d come to the beach and rake all day. Anyway *THIS* is the image that would pop into my head whenever I’d think of a fish getting hold of that man’s teeth. LMAO! I’ll probably have nightmares tonight… haha… Thanks Sally!
Mitchell’s Bay does have plenty of Sheephead in it but I’ve never caught any with teeth like this or with teeth at all fot that matter. No worries Carly our Sheephead are edentulous!
Well Dan, technically you could save money by catching this fish and using its teeth as dentures.
But seriously?
Smart Canucks has posted random posts, fun posts, off topics since 2006. We generally do a few a week at least…
Wow, not bad alignment for a fish!! Maybe I should give his Ortho a ring…
Seriously, that’s scary as heck. ICKY!!!!
OMG, so funny! It reminds me of that “Doggie Dentures” commercial–only for fish. tee hee!
Maddie2008 & Punkie,
Wow, I will keep my eyes peeled….there was a fish that swam by my BF the other day but i was on the boat at the time, lol
Photoshop Fish
Its not photoshopped.
i actually think that fish has a really nice set of chompers!
This is not a sheephead. Sheephead mouth is on the bottom of their face. They are bottom fish. This fish is photoshopped
I searched on Swagbucks under images…& there are similar pics!
I caught one of these in Florida 17 years ago. The picture is not photoshopped
WOW!!
Sally, I love little tidbits of info like this.I’m sending it to everyone I know!