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Offline deerefishyfishy

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Orange bullhead???
« on: Feb 24, 2019, 07:34 AM »
Pulled this off the bottom of a local pond with a bucktail jig on Friday. It appears to just be a bright orange bullhead and it was about 7 inches long. Anyone ever seen anything like it?



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Offline DR.SPECKLER

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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #1 on: Feb 24, 2019, 07:55 AM »
Theres a few different species of bullhead,that may just be a vibrant yellow bullhead.cool color.

Offline zwiggles

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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #2 on: Feb 24, 2019, 08:09 AM »
That’s cool!

Offline meandcuznalfy

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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #3 on: Feb 24, 2019, 08:56 AM »
Very cool fish

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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #4 on: Feb 24, 2019, 09:20 AM »
Eastern Colorada and newbraska they are often that color. It explains why the walleyes like an orange/ yellow crankbait! ;)
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Offline Reinert

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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #5 on: Feb 24, 2019, 09:55 AM »
Perfect flathead bait!!!

Offline gofish

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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #6 on: Feb 24, 2019, 10:13 AM »
nifty bullhead, nice color

Offline masoneddie

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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #7 on: Feb 24, 2019, 11:21 AM »
Awesome fish DFF...that would make one great conversation piece as a mount!  :clap: :thumbsup: :icefish:

Offline Kevin23

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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #8 on: Feb 24, 2019, 12:16 PM »
Cool looking fish! I've caught them orangish like that but never that orange. That's cool!
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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #9 on: Feb 24, 2019, 12:35 PM »
He’s ugly but there good eating.
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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #10 on: Feb 24, 2019, 02:59 PM »
He had a gold fish for a mama.

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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #11 on: Feb 24, 2019, 08:09 PM »
we have them around here that color.
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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #12 on: Feb 26, 2019, 10:29 PM »
Very interesting, this seems to be the year of odd colored fish. I’ve seen pics and posts about yellow Burbot, blue perch, yellow perch with no stripes, even saw a pic of a blue perch with no stripes (though I don’t think it was from this year).

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Re: Orange bullhead???
« Reply #13 on: Feb 28, 2019, 07:48 AM »
Definitely a yellow bullhead

 



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