what's the main diff. b/w a baby channel cat and a mudcat? or is there a diff. i have no clue!

Channel=forked tail mudcat=round

Channel


Mudcats/bullhead/polliwog

Noun 1. polliwog - a larval frog or toad
pollywog, tadpole
amphibia, class Amphibia - the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians

Dont sweat it with that there Yankee dictionary, Our forfathers gave them the names a century ago. Whacha wana be a Texun or a yankee!

You tell em cods, you are one of my forefathers.

grew up in Texas, heard them called polliwogs, and mudcats, wasn't till MUCH LATER in life that i heard them called bullheads! It was in the year AYI(After Yankee Invasion)!

Bullhead/polliwog/mud cat is ugly as sin itself. Channel cat is long, sleek, and when small, speckled spotted.

Bullhead/polliwog/mud cat, unless it comes from extremely clear water or spring fed, clear running streams can taste kind of dicey. Like mud, or pungent, in most cases, not so good.

Channel cat, except in very rare instancess, has a white, sweet, quite tasty meat.

Channel cats get quite large, Polliwogs/bullheads/mud cats, not so much.

Channel Cat:



Mud Cat/Bullhead/Polliwog:



Rudy

it should be easy to identify baby Channel or Bluecats from Mudcats. The main identifying feature is their tail. A channel or Bluecat will have a V in their tailfins, while a Mudcat has a rounded tail. The trouble can come when identifying small Mudcats with small Yellowcats. Their tails are the same, so you have to look at the shape of their mouths and where their eyes are located. Main thing for me between these two is that Yellows have a longer, sloping head, while a Mudcat has a sort of blunted head. Maybe someone else can give more identifying features for Yellows. Hope this helps!!!

hey rudy where in las colinas area can you find mudcats? i hear they make good flatty bait

mudcats always looks kinda squished to me. like they are too fat for how long they are...

Mud cats make excellent Opp bait!

BigDozer66

there are 3 kinds of bullheads ...
yellow
black
and brown .,,,yes the tail is flat on all of them and channels and blues are forked .....but the color of any of the 3 bullheads is nothing like a channel or blue also ......

Are there a lot of mud cats in the main lake? I've never caught 1.

Most that i have caught have been up in the creeks. They love worms, and hot dogs, but will hit shad and punch baits. I know of some that get caught in the main lake though.

Mud cats also love shrimp.