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Title: what kind of catfish is this??
Post by: Furg on Jul 04, 2006, 07:29 PM: Hey guys, i was just fishing a small river in souther Saskatchewan Canada, and we caught at least 75 of these guys, and i have never seen any catfish ever in this area..... so what the heck are they??

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Title: Re: what kind of catfish is this??
Post by: esox slayer on Jul 04, 2006, 07:34 PM: they look like bullheads to me...Esox
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Post by: grumpymoe on Jul 04, 2006, 08:00 PM: yup...bullhead no doubt..and a nice one at that...Grump :thumbup_smilie:
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Post by: billybono on Jul 04, 2006, 08:18 PM: bullheads....to big to be eater size though ;)

billybono
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Post by: GAMBELL on Jul 04, 2006, 08:20 PM: bullhead.
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Post by: venisonman on Jul 04, 2006, 08:30 PM: yup yellow bullhead.........maybe not too big to eat........the water is colder for longer there........
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Post by: camo_fish on Jul 04, 2006, 10:51 PM: Quote from: venisonman on Jul 04, 2006, 08:30 PM
yup yellow bullhead.........maybe not too big to eat........the water is colder for longer there........
yep, looks like a yellow bullhead to me too.
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Post by: pikemaster789 on Jul 04, 2006, 11:14 PM: id agree on the bullheads
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Post by: Furg on Jul 05, 2006, 01:59 AM: awesome, thanks alot guys, we caught at least 75 of the lil buggers. The first one was a real shocker though, we've never seen any catfish around these parts. Pretty cool how my Yellow/blk shad was the identical color of the catfish. Anyways, i'll post some pics of the Walleye we caught, couple 7-9 pounders both caught and released.
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Post by: Pasquatch on Jul 05, 2006, 11:12 AM: Yellow Bullhead, and a big one at that! I would say its more thann edible. :P
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Post by: Skipper on Jul 05, 2006, 05:26 PM: Before you spent the time to clean a pail of them, clean one or two and make sure they taste OK. Bullheads can be just fine for eating, or they can be :sick:. I think it has more to do with their diet than anything, but bullheads can go either way regardless of the water temp. I have caught them through the ice and they tasted like turd snappers, and I have gotten them from warm murky waters and they were OK.
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Post by: Furg on Jul 05, 2006, 11:02 PM: yea, the river they were in is located through alot of cattle pasture... i've never heard of anybody eating them.... so i never tried! good experience though!
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Post by: Water Wolf on Jul 06, 2006, 12:49 AM: Sask. has 2 bullhead cat fish species the brown and the black.

I think those guys are the brown bullheads.

Neat color to it, and great size for a bullhead. 8)

WW
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Post by: bwalleye on Jul 09, 2006, 03:08 AM: Quote from: Furg on Jul 05, 2006, 11:02 PM
yea, the river they were in is located through alot of cattle pasture... i've never heard of anybody eating them.... so i never tried! good experience though!

They are delicious...

Really? No one? wow
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Post by: devil-man on Jul 09, 2006, 03:43 AM: Quote from: Furg on Jul 05, 2006, 11:02 PM
yea, the river they were in is located through alot of cattle pasture... i've never heard of anybody eating them...

Look in the the Clean-em Cook-em Eat-em board here (http://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/index.php?board=183.0).
A lot of people eat bullhead and catfish and they're quite tasty if prepared correctly...
Title: Re: what kind of catfish is this??
Post by: Skipper on Jul 09, 2006, 10:29 AM: Quote from: Furg on Jul 05, 2006, 11:02 PM
yea, the river they were in is located through alot of cattle pasture... i've never heard of anybody eating them.... so i never tried! good experience though!

Don't count them out because of a little farm runoff! Some of the best tasting bullheads I have ever eaten have come out of a lake with the darkest water I have ever seen. The water in this particular lake flows in through bogs and farm country. The water is very "fertile", but the fish are very good to eat.