Is this a Bullhead? If so, can they be used for cut bait? These little warthogs cause me no end of grief when carp fishing and I was thinking of using them for flathead bait...

Hard to tell by the angle of the photo, but it looks like a channel cat to me. Is the tail forked or rounded?

Not a channel. Tail is rounded. Thick slime coat and quite venomous spines! Ouch!

yeah that's a bullhead ... they make great live bait, which yellas prefer ... for cut bait carp/buff or perch are much better

There still not bad tasting fish. Bleed them out, then clean them. Put some yellow mustard on them, then your spices. Cornmeal them rascals, deep fry 'em and yum-yum.

dog gone, that looks like a big ole box tail! i would have to say bait.....i have not brought myself to try eating one even though some very reputable folks on this here forum say they are good!

If they come out of good clean water, they taste just fine. Meat seems to be not quite as firm as a channel or blue, but still tasty. Make sure you trim all the gray, brown, and red meat off of 'em though.

Cought a few of them up in van austine. Do think I would eat them. Ugly suckers.

So the TPWD site says Texas has Yellow Bullheads and Black Bullheads, which one is this?

black bullhead, whiskers are black

they make good yella cat bait. i usually hook them through the mouth where it looks like they bit the hook, others hook them in the tail. it is best to keep them alive. some peopel cut the side fins off of them, i leave the fins intact because it leaves the fish to easier to swim, if you want it to bleed a bit, just lightly slice the skin and let it bleed that way. They can be very annoying, but they are great to take kids out to catch because they bite almost anything with a smell and fight fairly well for a fish that i have not seen bigger than 3-5 pounds. I was always told not to eat them because they have alot of small bones, sort of like a carp, never filleted one to see if it was true.

definately a bullhead if you want to go for a flat use that sucker live and hold on

Great eati'n, great Flatty bait.
Tight Lines!!!

yep keep the bullhead and fish for the flathead but hold on to your pole

I have tried to eat one and it was HORRIBLE!