Black Bullheads

[PikeMan1234]

So this will be an interesting post as I am sure that hardly anyone here fishes for them   Would anyone near the Kalispell area know where to go to fish for these small catfish?         

[mtflyfisher]

They are in McWinneger Slough just east of Kalispell

[PikeMan1234]

How do you fish for them/what to use?  Is there a big population of them there

[montanafishingr]

I haven't fished for them in well over 20 years but back then night fishing at Mcwinneger with worms we would catch 100 each a night. Ugly nasty looking little fish! lol

[MTangler]

Come west of the divide and you can take all of them you want. They are the bane of my existence when fishing the yellowstone or tongue river. Litterally pull 2 or 3 in at a time. They will eat anything that fits in there mouth even each other and breed like rats. Bait/hook stealers is all they are. Gut hook themselves everytime. They have cost me 100's of $ in tackle over the years haha. Coons really like them 

MTA

[Cornbread]

I fish for them at night down here on the Clark Fork reservoirs in summer. They taste as good as any other catfish. I have never ice fished for them though.

[missoulafish]

I think I have maybe caught one or two ever through the ice, always a shock!

[Flyfish406]

I've caught a lot of them at upper dry fork Reservoir. Not sure what it's like now, I know lone pine was drained

[heine]

we have yellow bullheads over here, mcgwinnegar slough with a worm right on the bottom. Never ice fished them though keep us posted!

[MTangler]

I have heard rumors that they burrow in the mud during the winter and don't eat…not sure how much truth there is to that.

MTA

[PikeMan1234]

I have caught one last year jigging through the ice at Shady Lane Pond in Kalispell.  That was my only time catching one

[heine]

I have caught one last year jigging through the ice at Shady Lane Pond in Kalispell.  That was my only time catching one

I can take you in the spring, catch hundreds on ashley creek

[PikeMan1234]

Really?  that would be great please do take me.  I would be happy to be able to catch more than just one