Bullhead bitten in half while on a trotline

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Comment by C Barb on March 1, 2012 at 5:37pm

yes, I remove as many as possible. I fish a certain area and thats all I will pull up.  Last year I was catching an average of 9 per day for weeks. I now have a hoop net and cheesebait to remove more at a time. In the next few weeks I should start catching them. Its alot warmer here than it should be right now. So Im expecting them to get active 

Comment by Zach Pierce on March 1, 2012 at 4:23pm

have you caught many bullhead out of the pond?

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on December 4, 2011 at 2:48pm

It looks like the work of a Snapping Turtle to me Cardell. You don't have to put them in your pond, they'll migrate and hang out once they find food....All seven of my grandmother's ponds near Folsom, Louisiana had big turtles in them that would strike your fish stringers as soon as you put the first fish on them.....

Comment by C Barb on December 4, 2011 at 2:37pm

I do live in the south and I do see turtles in there from time to time

Comment by Jeff Soto on December 4, 2011 at 2:19pm

Was it hanging underwater?  If it was on the surface or out of the water, it could have been a predatory bird, a racoon, skunk, etc.  If it was underwater, it could be and probably was a turtle or if you are in the south, a gator.  A bass might pick on it, but it would not bite it in half like that.  Same goes for all the other fish you listed.