Bullheads, love 'em & hate 'em

[fishinaddict]

I was just thinking of this the other day while fishing down to the dam. I was fishing for walleyes and the bullheads were so thick you could snag them, I managed to get stung once , but I also caught my fair share of eyes. An 8yr old kid was fishing on the oposite side of the dam and all he caught was bullheads. Every time he caught one he would look over at me with the biggest smile and showed me his bullhead. Love 'em and Hate 'em.

[deepportage01]

I will say that bullheads are great in the pan [small ones 8 inches or less]just chop the head off gut'm and skin the little bugers man what a tasty treat!

[Eric Wettschreck]

To each their own, but you fellas can have em.

[hanson]

Love 'Em!!!

One of the best legal Flathead Catfish baits in these parts!

People look at you weird when you tell them you're going to fish for bullheads.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Hanson, from what I hear, you don't do much of your own bullie fishing

[PierBridge]

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Hanson, from what I hear, you don't do much of your own bullie fishing

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[hanson]

Hmmmm...

I helped fill the cooler on Friday night and then tried to kill them all on Saturday night. Had a little water temp/aeration problem. You guys must have been out bass fishing last weekend, eh?

[The_Duckslayer]

Dont forget, the Bullhead Capitol is having bullhead days this weekend. Thats right, Waterville will be thee spot to be. Have a good one and N Joy the Hunt././Jimbo

PS... works better to skin them before cutting off the head ;-)

[Captain B.R.K]

Hey Hanson, aren't catfish the same as an over grown bullhead?

[fishinaddict]

Heres one I caught on powerbait while bass fishing.

[riverrat56]

Theres a keeper, almost rivaling the 20" I pulled from Washington last year.

[blue_healer_guy]

Yep, Bullhead days this weekend in Waterville. They are pretty darn tasty if someone else cooks them. I can never get them to taste as good as they do at the local celebration.

[Borch]

Walleyes love to eat them too! That's all I'm gonna say about the subject.

[hanson]

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Walleyes love to eat them too! That's all I'm gonna say about the subject.

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Borch... How dare you! Shhhhhh...

[doubleUcubed]

Ya right Borch!

[dfv87]

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Walleyes love to eat them too! That's all I'm gonna say about the subject.

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Leave it to Borch to try to start something... whose fishin now?

[Borch]

Stuff I find in walleyes stomaches. Perch are most frequently found, followed by panfish, followed by bullheads, followed by insects, followed by ciscos, followed by suckers/carp/etc. Different waters will have that order pushed around a bit.

I've even found bullheads in the stomachs of eyes in such waters as Mille Lacs, Leech, and Cass Lake Chain.

Ok, I've already said too much.

[delmuts]

i watched a 6# bass( that i had released by a dock the day before ) plow right thru a small cloud of baby bullheads!

[hanson]

Guess what this little guy ate? Hmmmm....

[The_Duckslayer]

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Hey Hanson, aren't catfish the same as an over grown bullhead?

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No no no... Bullheads are much finer table fare than catfish. If you wait and catch them after warm up they do taste a lot like catfish though :-( If ya see a guy pull into Waterville on a maroon and gold Vulcan 800 classic, that will be me! Have a good one and N Joy the Hunt././Jimbo

[walleyeaddict]

Hate um!! And if waterville is calling itself the capitol..I beg to differ!!!! Sw minnesota is infested...every lake...down with the bullhead they would make a great mass produced fertilizer for the farmers!!!!!!

[Matt Breuer]

walleyeaddict, where are you from?? My folks grew up down in SW MN. Adrian, Slayton, Worthington, Luverne, that area. Whenever we go down to visit my grandparents, we always load up on bullheads. They're my favorite fish to eat, after being force fed them as a kid!

[1luckydad]

Love em! Just cause they bring fond memories to mind. I remember heading out on the bicycle with pole and tackle box tied on. If we caught a nice batch of Bullheads, it was a very good day. Them where the days.

[Borch]

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Guess what this little guy ate? Hmmmm....

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Chris,

Seems to me that you catch some of your best eyes fishing for cats.

[Anylakeanytime]

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Heres one I caught on powerbait while bass fishing.

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I can now say that I have seen it all.... a picture of a bullhead posted on fishingmn ? Just kidding, nice fish. I have eaten bullheads once. It was a formal initiation to my wife's family, but I will admit they were not as bad as I had thought they would be. Don't get me wrong, I won't be pulling out the pliers to skin them anytime soon, but they were not too bad!