[jlwhite405]

Does anyone here use bullheads for bait? I read somewhre that they work well. any input would be appreciated.

 

[Netmanjack]

.......................Yes!.................:wink:

 

[Flatheadhunter33]

Jesse,
There are quite a few folk on here who use bull heads for bait. Most of the members use them especially for flatheads. When I was a kid, I used to eat those things!:smile2: Im sure that you'll soon get a lot of hits on this thread from members offering some good advice.

 

[jlwhite405]

are they the same thing as mud cats?

 

[brother hilljack]

Bullheads are excellent bait. Try trimming those pectoral fins and they will give you a better hookup not to mention they are much easier to handle.

 

[catter5000]

I like bullheads for bait. The only place I can find them any more is small city lakes,private ponds or creeks. I think the flatties eat them out of the bigger lakes.
I never trimmed the fins before but sounds like a great idea to me.Always learn something new on the BOC. Allen

 

[uttatoo]

try rod and reel in small ponds and creeks thats where i find them and a throw net around dams
and yes they are great baite and live forever and the gar dont mess with them that much

 

[arkrivercatman]

Yep, use them.Like they said try city lakes and small ponds as they are usally a stocked fish.Worms or liver on a small hook in the right spot you should have no problems.Fun to use a bobber.

 

[elklover1964]

Bullheads are my favorite bait for flatheads.....I have even caught a flathead on a bare hook during the day because it smelled of bullhead! :wink:

 

[massa_jorge]

we use bullheads a lot, and we catch them out of the community fishing lakes. most city ponds are overrun with them anyway, and most places they are not a gamefish. i always snip the spines off, but have never seen a difference in the catch.

 

[jlwhite405]

whats the best size to use?

 

[daniel-delarosa]

I wonder if you can freeze bullheads and use them later? I have access to a small pond that is loaded with them.

 

[orion_xxvx]

It may sound cruel but I cut their top and side fins off with needle nose pliers before they go on hook. And I also ate the lil muddy tastin fish as a kid.

 

[okiemike]

I for one am happy this post came up. My stock pond is FULL of them little suckers. I can't figure how they got in there cause I used to only have bluegill. I put a few blues and a couple of channels in to keep the bluegills controlled and now I have bullheads. Well, on the hook they go!
Mike.

 

[FourWinds]

When I was a kid, my grand-dad and I used to go out to family/friends' farm ponds around here and catch bullheads to go catfishin with and we had some reel good luck with em.

As the years have gone by and, unfortunately, people dying off (including my grand-dad) and farms/lands being sold, etc, etc,... there's nowhere around here that I can find that holds any bullheads... I've asked and asked but nobody seems to be able to put me on to bullheads or that wants to let me 'in', so to speak.

Wish I could find some around here!

Dave

 

[garzaglass]

i like this post. thanks

 

[poisonpits]

yes bull heads are good bait and yes in arkansas we call them mud cats.up in the hills in our clear clean branches or creeks i still eat the ones over 10 inches long.just to country to throw them back

 

[healthydrink]

Do you use them alive or do you use them as cut bait? Will they work either way?

 

[jlwhite405]

will blues and channels bite them?

 

[FLATHEAD STEVE]

Do you use them alive or do you use them as cut bait? Will they work either way?

Most people will generally use them for flathead which in most cases you will use them alive. but I guess if they are fresh and bloody you could use um for cut bait.