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Help Identifying Catfish #9752999 02/19/14 07:28 PM
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Hey guys. Went out last night and caught these, but can't 100% identify them. Anyone wanna chime in? They look like yellow bullheads to me but I've never caught any this size before so I just wanted to see what you guys had to say. Usually only catch blues and channels, but this is all that was biting last night!




EDIT: I know it's not a great picture, but it's all I've got of 'em.

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Re: Help Identifying Catfish [Re: Disarmer] #9753010 02/19/14 07:30 PM
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Bullheads


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Re: Help Identifying Catfish [Re: Disarmer] #9753107 02/19/14 07:54 PM
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Hard to tell in the pic, but if they had a forked tail they are channels and a rounded tail would be bullhead.

Re: Help Identifying Catfish [Re: Disarmer] #9753112 02/19/14 07:55 PM
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Those are bullheads.

Re: Help Identifying Catfish [Re: Disarmer] #9753122 02/19/14 07:57 PM
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Those are bullheads for sure . I catch them a lot around ponds and creeks during summer time.






Re: Help Identifying Catfish [Re: Disarmer] #9753387 02/19/14 09:06 PM
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Flat tail, no fork. Thanks for the help guys. I'm just used to pulling up tiny little bullheads outta the areas I usually fish so wasn't quite sure what to make of ones that were ~2lbs

Re: Help Identifying Catfish [Re: Disarmer] #9753509 02/19/14 09:52 PM
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Bullheads. I stocked my pond with "channel and blue catfish" just to find out those green bassturds were part of the deal. The seemed to reproduce faster than the others so I had to sterilize the pond and start from scratch.


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Re: Help Identifying Catfish [Re: Disarmer] #9753900 02/20/14 12:27 AM
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Re: Help Identifying Catfish [Re: Disarmer] #9754291 02/20/14 02:16 AM
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Flathead bait-
From what I hear-

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Re: Help Identifying Catfish [Re: Disarmer] #9754438 02/20/14 02:53 AM
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No Doubt Flathead bait!!
But,a very tasty dish if taken from clear water
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Re: Help Identifying Catfish [Re: Disarmer] #9891906 04/08/14 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted By: Disarmer
Hey guys. Went out last night and caught these, but can't 100% identify them. Anyone wanna chime in? They look like yellow bullheads to me but I've never caught any this size before so I just wanted to see what you guys had to say. Usually only catch blues and channels, but this is all that was biting last night!




EDIT: I know it's not a great picture, but it's all I've got of 'em.


Yellow Bullhead with the white chin whiskers and longer anal fin. Black Bullhead with the grey to black chin whiskers. Very good eating if taken from clean water. If taken from muddy water soak the meat over night in cold salt water.

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yep---bullheads..!They put up a good fight for size and are very good eating..!


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Re: Help Identifying Catfish [Re: Disarmer] #9892158 04/08/14 08:15 PM
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They have the sharpest dang fins of anything in the water.


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Horned pout. Great fish for sharpening your foul language skills.

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