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 Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
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06/17/14 12:37 PM
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liveoutloud
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I posted a pic in the sunfish section... http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/10069146#Post10069146And now I'm confused. Everything I've always been taught, along with tons of internet sources (including TPWD website) says that flat-head, yellow cat, opeluesa, and mudcat are all the same fish. Are they not? could you share some reliable source information. I feel sheepish now, cuz I've always been confident in my species identification, and now I'm not so sure.
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Re: Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
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06/17/14 12:44 PM
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DEERSTRANGLER�
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Mud cat and flatheads are not the same. Mud cats aren't considered game fish.
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Re: Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
[Re: liveoutloud]
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06/17/14 12:45 PM
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Nach0
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Mudcat is diff. Type of catfish, Everythng else you stated is just a diff. Name for a flathead depending where u live I guess.
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Re: Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
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06/17/14 12:46 PM
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liveoutloud
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Mud cat and flatheads are not the same. Mud cats aren't considered game fish. Could you tell me what distinguishes a mudcat from other species, please? I'm trying to improve my knowledge base... lol
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Re: Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
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06/17/14 12:59 PM
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dmunsie
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Edited due to stupidity on my part. Sorry. lol...
Earlier in the sunfish thread, I was thinking it was a "bullhead" and I posted it was a mudcat. I always thought "mudcats" & "bullheads" were the same thing?!? Now I'm confused.... lol...
Last edited by dmunsie; 06/17/14 01:05 PM.
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Re: Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
[Re: liveoutloud]
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06/17/14 01:26 PM
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CatBoss
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Bullhead, Polly and mudcat are all the same.
Kinda like all bream species are called perch in Texas
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Re: Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
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06/17/14 04:14 PM
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liveoutloud
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Kinda like all bream species are called perch in Texas Ok. So I took this little fella to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries this morning. The aquatic biologist, on staff there, identified my fish as a "Yellow Bullhead". Evidently, some folks call bullheads "mudcats", and I didn't know that. In my neck of the woods, "mudcat" is another name for flatheads. I find it funny how we all have different "names" for fish. Especially when, as in this case, different folks have the same name for 2 different fish. O well. Live and learn! Thanks for all the input. I think this little guy is gonna be the start to that "Texas Native Species" home aquarium I've always wanted!
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Re: Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
[Re: liveoutloud]
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06/17/14 04:44 PM
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CatBoss
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FYI
They grow to 5#
If caught in fairly clean water bodies they eat just as good as channel cat.
They both eat the same trash.
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Re: Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
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06/17/14 08:40 PM
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told ya it was bullhead brother there are 3 species of them as well brown yellow and black 
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Re: Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
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06/17/14 11:40 PM
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dmunsie
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I don't mind the fact that we call any sunfish/bluegill a "perch" around these parts, but it's still funny to see anglers swear up and down that a "yellow cat" is not the same species as a flathead catfish. 
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Re: Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
[Re: liveoutloud]
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06/18/14 09:42 PM
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stubby77
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All I know is they all eat good it a cat fish don't over think it.
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Re: Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
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06/18/14 10:07 PM
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uncle_bagster
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In New England, bullheads are called horned pout. I'd tell you what I call them if it weren't for the dreaded Wall.
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Re: Okay, catfish pros, I need your help
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06/18/14 11:48 PM
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