Author Topic: bullheads (Read 22753 times)

ice man17 · « **on:** Sep 29, 2007, 05:41 PM »

do any of u guys catch bullheads throught the ice? all i get are channels and my buddys pond is overstocked with bullheads...any help?

yakk · « **Reply #1 on:** Sep 29, 2007, 06:15 PM »

we sometimes catch them, hornpout, on shiners . i have never targeted them so woudnt know what to use for bait in winter . something stinky maybe .

rodrunner · « **Reply #2 on:** Sep 29, 2007, 08:44 PM »

Yes.There a pain in the @$$.. They love crawlers.. I try to catch channels and the bullheads wont leave my line alone.

IceholeFisherman · « **Reply #3 on:** Sep 29, 2007, 08:49 PM »

They are very opportunistic when it comes to feeding. We've caught them on jigs and wax worms last year.

gaudetskie · « **Reply #4 on:** Sep 29, 2007, 09:36 PM »

Quote from: ice man17 on Sep 29, 2007, 05:41 PM

do any of u guys catch bullheads throught the ice?

NO thank goodness!!!

zamboni · « **Reply #5 on:** Sep 29, 2007, 11:26 PM »

Yeah I was kinda wondering WHY OH WHY someone is actually TRYING to catch them.

chimo · « **Reply #6 on:** Sep 30, 2007, 10:21 AM »

I don't catch many but the ones I've got have been on worms. caught them on deeper flats (15 -20 ft deep) when I've been after perch and gills. good fishin

chimo

deadsmelthead · « **Reply #7 on:** Sep 30, 2007, 11:35 AM »

I fish a small lake for Browns and usually the last month of the ice season its almost a gurantee that your gonna get a couple bullhead everytime out. I shake my head everytime we get a couple because they usualy take med shiners 3-6 feet under the ice in 5-15 ft of water. I always thought they were glued to the bottom and not active in the winter. They fight like a dish rag but I will say this, they taste great through the ice, better than open water spring.

ice man17 · « **Reply #8 on:** Sep 30, 2007, 06:51 PM »

Quote from: zamboni on Sep 29, 2007, 11:26 PM

Yeah I was kinda wondering WHY OH WHY someone is actually TRYING to catch them.

gotta get em outta the pond and they taste darn good 2!!

fiddlehead322 · « **Reply #9 on:** Sep 30, 2007, 07:28 PM »

Caught em a couple times while fishing a well known cove on Sebago. Thought it was kinda odd, but they were tasty!

zamboni · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 30, 2007, 07:43 PM »

Quote from: ice man17 on Sep 30, 2007, 06:51 PM

gotta get em outta the pond and they taste darn good 2!!

I know they taste better when the waters cold, but I will take everyone whoever told me thats word for it. Theres a town here in MN that has Bullhead Days complete with a bullhead fry. Can't remember what town it is though

adkRoy · « **Reply #11 on:** Oct 01, 2007, 06:17 AM »

We catch a lot on hali jigs tipped with spikes jigged just off the bottom.

amortec · « **Reply #12 on:** Oct 01, 2007, 07:40 AM »

I have caught a few .... and they will bite on just about anything, when the Bullheads start to bite, it's time to ether go home or move the house! I think that there the state fish in IOWA.

zamboni · « **Reply #13 on:** Oct 02, 2007, 06:18 PM »

Quote from: amortec on Oct 01, 2007, 07:40 AM

I have caught a few .... and they will bite on just about anything, when the Bullheads start to bite, it's time to ether go home or move the house! I think that there the state fish in IOWA.

My thoughts exactly. Truman, where I live, is near the Iowa/MN border, and if you ask someone fishing what they're fishing for, and they say bullheads, pretty good bet they are from Iowa.

amortec · « **Reply #14 on:** Oct 02, 2007, 09:27 PM »

I live and work in a resort area ... and them old boys from Iowa, well some of then .... don't take well to the locals calling them," Bullhead Fisherman" ! In there defence If some wants to go to the work of skinning them and frying them up ... that's not to bad a meal.

seaweed01 · « **Reply #15 on:** Oct 02, 2007, 10:07 PM »

Iv'e caught quite a few of them using mousies on whatever jig I am using at the time. Especially
when I am bouncing it off bottom.

zamboni · « **Reply #16 on:** Oct 02, 2007, 10:11 PM »

Amortec- the way I see it, they are doing us all a favor.

amortec · « **Reply #17 on:** Oct 02, 2007, 10:30 PM »

Quote from: zamboni on Oct 02, 2007, 10:11 PM

Amortec- the way I see it, they are doing us all a favor.

Zamboni Thats for Sure!!!!

husker · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 07, 2008, 08:05 PM »

catch em when chasing perch on the bottom using minnows and i even caught one suspended during a night fishing trip with a light figure that one out?

jimmyclaude · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 31, 2008, 06:28 PM »

Quote from: deadsmelthead on Sep 30, 2007, 11:35 AM

I fish a small lake for Browns and usually the last month of the ice season its almost a gurantee that your gonna get a couple bullhead everytime out. I shake my head everytime we get a couple because they usualy take med shiners 3-6 feet under the ice in 5-15 ft of water. I always thought they were glued to the bottom and not active in the winter. They fight like a dish rag but I will say this, they taste great through the ice, better than open water spring.

Same here fishing for Browns late ice, and Yup..... Tasty

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Author Topic: bullheads (Read 22753 times)

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