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A group for bullhead lovers. Since bullhead aren't likely to have their own website anytime soon, let's give "bullies" some love!

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Various accessory gear 8 Replies

I carry a *wide* range of stuff to chase Catfish with.  Here's a few pics to give you an idea.…Continue

Started by Allen Morgan. Last reply by Allen Morgan Jul 26, 2019.

Hooks 10 Replies

Here are the hooks I typically use for Catfish.  I carry a range of sizes, and different types of hooks, but these are the hooks I seem to always fall back on.…Continue

Started by Allen Morgan. Last reply by John Sheehan Jul 23, 2019.

Various Rigs 5 Replies

The following pics are the various rigs I use to catch Catfish.My basic bottom rig.  It…Continue

Started by Allen Morgan. Last reply by John Sheehan Sep 14, 2017.

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Comment by Mark on November 8, 2013 at 1:51pm

they may be another type of catfish, but they not channel or blue cats. the area i fish is mainly what we call yellow belly bull heads and blue gill/ green sunfish. my photo album on big blue gill has a pic or two of one i think. i will try to snap some more when i catch another. on average most are under 3 pounds but ive got a couple im pretty certain were in the ten pound range. i get a few channel cats but they are not really native where im fishing they are stocked about once every ten years.

Comment by John Sheehan on November 8, 2013 at 7:07am

Mark .I believe what you are catching is not a Bullhead but some other type of Catfish !Got pics? Here are some world record Bullies:  Brown Bullhead: current IGFA world's record of 7 lb 6oz,Yellow Bullhead :6.6 or 4.4 http://www.fieldandstream.com/pages/world-record-bullhead-missouri-... Black Bullhead 7.7

The yellow Bullheads and Brown Bullheads I've caught were never bigger than 2 lbs. I am really curious what you are catching and maybe in your area you call them Bullheads and in my area we make a different distinction .At any rate the best of luck fishing and I hope to see some pics of your fine fish you are catching ,whatever they are !

Comment by Mark on November 7, 2013 at 11:31pm

hello bull head folks, ive been catching several yellow belly lately as the blue gill seem to have slowed down so now im on the hunt for bull head. got a few pics of some in my photos. have not got a real big one yet nothing more than 15 pounds. but im trying tonight if the weather stays decent.

Comment by Dusty Schelbitzki on August 16, 2013 at 1:12pm

I am sure they will be.  The water quality is very good out there and should continue with all the work that was put into the lake.

 

Comment by Bruce Condello on August 16, 2013 at 12:45pm

That's awesome!  i'm sure they'll be delicious.  Wanahoo is good quality water!

Comment by Dusty Schelbitzki on August 16, 2013 at 8:26am

Wife and I got into some Nice bullheads at Wanahoo Lake.  They were averaging about 1 and 3/4lbs.  They are waiting to go in the smoke as we speak.

Comment by John Sheehan on July 15, 2013 at 7:13am

One of three Good sized Brown Bullheads I ever caught .This one may have weighed the most .Kastmaster spoon tipped with Gulp Magotts.

Comment by John Sheehan on June 6, 2013 at 7:12am
Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on June 3, 2013 at 12:19pm
That looks like a fatty, for sure!
My only experience with bullheads before moving to South Carolina, was from many years ago in MN, too. Back then, I was catching dark skinned little "squealers" that were not really much of an angling challenge. They were climbing over each other, it seemed, and you hardly got your line settled before they hooked up. None of them looked anything as big as that.
Since coming South, I have caught one South Carolina bullhead, a large black with mottled coloration reminiscent of the military's new digital camo. I was brim fishing and was occupied with some trivial task at shore side. When I looked up, my float was gone and the line was headed to the other end of the pond. When I set the hook, I knew it was something… and it wasn’t a bluegill!
I finally beached the thing and knew right off that it wasn’t a catfish, because of the black fins, barbells and squared-off tail. Just EXACTLY what it WAS, however, was beyond my crude field identification skills. I knew there are just four species of catfish here – and this wasn’t one of those. Those are sleek, shiny specimens out of the water while mine was blocky with that wild “urban chic” coloration. It was only after digging for information that I found out it was a black bullhead.
I have seen only one other bullhead from around here and it was also a large black. My guess is that was even larger than the one I caught. I have not caught another bullhead since, which saddens me. I mean if they are gonna get that big around here, I’d like to catch more! I got a couple of pics of each at the time, but now I cannot find them. SO this just turns out to be a hopefully interesting story.
Heck of a nice bullhead, Bullworm!
Comment by John Sheehan on May 29, 2013 at 8:05pm

Coming up on  Bullhead time .Here are some fuzzy  pics of the Bullhead/Channel cat box . Bell, and Egg Sinkers ,Split shot,Hook sharpener , Pliers ,Hooks, three way swivels, bells (Eagle Claw and homemade) wire ties.

 

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