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Post by catalac on Feb 20, 2011 16:31:01 GMT -5
i love fishing with bullheads when i can get them, i used to have a place that i could go and pull out 2 dozen in an hour no problem but can't go there anymore. anyone have any tips to find a good source of these?
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Post by bigcatpat on Feb 20, 2011 18:27:57 GMT -5
I,ve found the spillways below lake dams to be a reliable source of bullheads.I personally aint a big fan of them.They attack all my other bait and i've never had better success with them than greenies or gills.
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Post by ducky on Feb 20, 2011 19:55:54 GMT -5
No good in lakes, great in rivers i have no idea why? but we used to put them on a pole or two when we fish the lakes, in all those years we never ever had a run on em, i wouldnt put one on my line for 20 bucks at a lake, rivers though they are great! That is one thing that puzzled me for years!
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Post by catfishhunter on Feb 21, 2011 12:01:04 GMT -5
I agree Ducky, I have caught sooooo many flatheads on Bullheads in the rivers but not a damn thing on them in the lakes! totally blows my mind why the flatheads wont touch them in the lakes but they love them in the rivers
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Post by loanwizard on Feb 21, 2011 19:27:06 GMT -5
Is there a difference between using bullheads and small channels? I have never had ANY luck using small channels. Never caught a bullhead when I was seriously catfishing.
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Post by Skyline1506 on Feb 22, 2011 11:26:44 GMT -5
we catch them here in small creeks right behind the pillars of a bridge crossing, on the bottom with crawlers. it is nothing to get a dozen each time but we usually take a few and target chubs. No real luck to speak of on them, but we have got some fish on them, but you basically need a second bait bucket for them or they kill everything else.
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Post by katfish on Mar 4, 2011 20:39:37 GMT -5
Last year I dropped a goldfish for flathead bait. It got eaten by a channel cat which got eaten by a flathead.  Big flathead won't hesitate to eat any fish they can catch at times. Sometimes they don't want to eat at all. |
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Post by bigcatpat on Mar 5, 2011 3:08:46 GMT -5
Last year I dropped a goldfish for flathead bait. It got eaten by a channel cat which got eaten by a flathead. Big flathead won't hesitate to eat any fish they can catch at times. Sometimes they don't want to eat at all. Cool!  |
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Mar 26, 2011 23:29:26 GMT -5
No good in lakes, great in rivers i have no idea why? but we used to put them on a pole or two when we fish the lakes, in all those years we never ever had a run on em, i wouldnt put one on my line for 20 bucks at a lake, rivers though they are great! That is one thing that puzzled me for years! Hey Hey Hey i beg to differ hear lol I can honestly say that my Favorite mwcd lake flathead bait is eihter a Big Sucker 15in or better or a big Bullhead you just have to know how to fish them in lake's is all lol .....I can honestly i had just as much success with bullheads as i do with sucker in mwcd lakes but if ya give me a gill forget it ill sleep all night and never move cant buy a flat with a gill in the lake's just my luck though |
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Post by ducky on Mar 27, 2011 9:18:13 GMT -5
How many flats have you caught on bullheads in the lakes?
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Mar 27, 2011 20:06:13 GMT -5
Last yr i hardly got to fish due to getting custody of my kids but the yr b4 we averaged apx...15fish on bulleys and 5 on everything else why you ask?
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Post by ducky on Mar 27, 2011 20:26:20 GMT -5
I was just wondering the percentage of your fish caught on bullheads, 15 out of 20 is a great percentage, you must have some better tasting bullheads than what we catch ;D
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Mar 28, 2011 20:04:58 GMT -5
I was just wondering the percentage of your fish caught on bullheads, 15 out of 20 is a great percentage, you must have some better tasting bullheads than what we catch ;D LOL i better i have to drive 45min's each way to get them No really i do ......Sniper |
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Post by rcbbracing on Apr 8, 2011 7:55:01 GMT -5
Katfish I absolutely love the pic! I've never had much luck using channels but don't rule them out....ducky I am graced with a small river full of channels bullheads suckers and carp about a mile from my house... all the bait I could ever need...only issue is the bullheads r monstrous like two lbs kinda big...but believe it or not I saw will catch a nineteen lber on one of them big bullheads in a lake one night...
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Apr 8, 2011 19:32:55 GMT -5
That was a huge bully that 19lb flatty ate i agree i was shocked i kept telling Dave any flatty who eats this thing has to be over 40lbs boy were we shocked lol
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