They catch some huge sheepshead here
Caught here in Rochester
26-pound, 9-ounce sheepshead from the Irondequoit Bay (Lake Ontario)
I know nothing about the north, but that is not what we call shepshead in Louisiana.
also down here a fresh water drum is what we call gaspergou - I don't like to eat them, but I like to catch them, then I would send them to my grandma, she would cook goo Courtbouillon, then send it back to my house. I didn't have the heart to tell her I didn't like it, I would give it to the neighbors LOL - miss grandma alot.