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Offline EscapeIsNever

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what kind of bullhead is this?
« on: Mar 03, 2005, 07:21 PM »
hey.....caught this a few weeks ago at south meadow pond in clinton massachusetts.  shocked when it came through the ice!  it was probably about 20 inches long or so.



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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #1 on: Mar 03, 2005, 07:39 PM »
without the fish in my hands, from what i can see, it is a brown bullhead.
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #2 on: Mar 03, 2005, 08:22 PM »
I agree with bigredonice.
   No forked tail so it isnt a channel cat, with tthe brown model collor and white belly, darker barbels I'd say it is a brown bullhead.    Also yellow bullhead have white barbels so it isnt a yellow.   Best way to tell for sure would be to do a anal ray count, browns have 21 to 24 anals rays on there fin.   
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #3 on: Mar 03, 2005, 08:34 PM »
Quote from: Alaskan Dreams on Mar 03, 2005, 08:22 PM
 Best way to tell for sure would be to do a anal ray count, browns have 21 to 24 anals rays on there fin.   

exactly - the only other thing it could be would be a black bullhead, and they have 17 - 21 anal fin rays.
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #4 on: Mar 03, 2005, 08:40 PM »
We just used to call those pout or horned pout.
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #5 on: Mar 03, 2005, 08:47 PM »
Quote from: bigredonice on Mar 03, 2005, 07:39 PM
without the fish in my hands, from what i can see, it is a brown bullhead.
Definatly a brown bullhead and if it was 20" a freaking huge one!! Sweet fish man!! 8)
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #6 on: Mar 03, 2005, 08:50 PM »
It has the coloration of a Brown Bullhead, the fin rays are hard to see. Browns tend to be bigger in my opinion too. I caught some monsters in Black Lake, pushing 19-20", they're really amazing. :o Nice ugly fish ya got there! ;)
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #7 on: Mar 03, 2005, 09:15 PM »
Has to be a brown bullhead.
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #8 on: Mar 03, 2005, 09:47 PM »
 Thats a brown bullhead all day long in my eyes
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #9 on: Mar 04, 2005, 09:02 AM »
Thats a big ole brownie...bet he pulled a little, nice fish!
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #10 on: Mar 04, 2005, 01:50 PM »
It's definatly a brown bullhead. I've caught a few that big, but not many and none through the ice.
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #11 on: Mar 04, 2005, 04:07 PM »
thanks alot everyone!  i thought the huge blue eyes were awesome
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #12 on: Mar 04, 2005, 04:23 PM »
Quote from: EscapeIsNever on Mar 03, 2005, 07:21 PM
hey.....caught this a few weeks ago at south meadow pond in clinton massachusetts.  shocked when it came through the ice!  it was probably about 20 inches long or so.

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 looks like a typical stone roller to me but then again it could be mixed with a channel cat?
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #13 on: Mar 04, 2005, 05:01 PM »
Brown Bullhead, good size tho, wow!!!
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #14 on: Mar 04, 2005, 10:16 PM »
Quote from: bigredonice on Mar 03, 2005, 08:34 PM
Quote from: Alaskan Dreams on Mar 03, 2005, 08:22 PM
 Best way to tell for sure would be to do a anal ray count, browns have 21 to 24 anals rays on there fin.   

exactly - the only other thing it could be would be a black bullhead, and they have 17 - 21 anal fin rays.
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #15 on: Mar 12, 2005, 03:41 PM »
thats a hornpout
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #16 on: Dec 17, 2006, 07:44 PM »
pretty wierd looking fish
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #17 on: Dec 17, 2006, 08:36 PM »
Welch, I don't mean to dog you man, but you need to calm down on the posting a bit. I look at the pictures forum, and your name is on every thread on the first page, and its all useless misspelled information. I mean if its all usefull, I could see that, but bringing back posts that are a year old saying its a weird fish..I mean come on man. Posts counts don't mean that much!
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Re: what kind of bullhead is this?
« Reply #18 on: Dec 17, 2006, 08:47 PM »
yes welch i would have to agree with airman on this one many posts dont catch fish
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