[flathunter]

I think my buddy Mellon is pulling my leg.

He said many years ago a guy named Tom, grabed ahold of a small catfish and got jabbed, and it really pissed him off...Hence the name "Mad Tom"

 

[Mizzbigcat]

Thanks...I think :tounge_out:

So fill us newbies in, who's Mad Tom?

 

[brother hilljack]

I know that this sort of thing has caused me much heartache in the past. I feel for "mad tom".

 

[H2O Mellon]

Does anyone know what a "Mad Tom" is? It's those little bitty baby cafish things that susposedly have a little bit of poison in thie spines. You can fins them in small creeks sometimes. I think they are actually endangered here in Ohio.

 

[CountryHart]

If your talkin bout the lil muckledly colored things that lay on the bottom, we have em in the creeks here in southern missouri.

 

[RetiredToFish]

There are several different types of Mad-Toms in the waters of Ohio ... usually not more than 3 or 4 inches long .... Garry-

 

[catfishrollo]

you guys are scaring me to go seining this spring! rollo

 

[RetiredToFish]

My books don't say anything about the Tadpole Madtom being poison, but there is a fish (which resembeles the Madtom) that is and that is the Stonecat. This fish average 6 inches in length up to 12 inches. It inhabits the riffles in large creeks or rivers and also found along lake shores where they hide under stones. They look a lot like a bullhead, except longer and thinner. The book says: "Handle with care, for the sharp pectoral spine will inflict a wound causing severe pain, due to a poison." They are usually caught when seining riffles. .... Garry- oooh:

 

[dinkbuster1]

we have 'em here in the Mad river, look like baby flatheads. yes they have poison, i know first hand how much it hurts!!:crazy:

 

[neocats]

I found a picture of a mad tom. I'm sure some of the Ohio guys have seen this one before.

 

[RetiredToFish]

:smile2: ... That is good Jeff .... Garry- .....:smile2:oooh:oooh: