haha I'll have to do that sometime because the only time I've seen a bullhead bigger than 3 inches was at a public aquarium.
55 gallon NE MN tank
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id like to know where your fishing.. look at the Mn dnr site.. i posted a link in a previous post. seriously they average 8-12 inches. you must have your fish mixed up.
Madtoms are not that rare, if you know where they are at. Tadpole madtoms are very common in weedy lakes as well as the rivers.
Pumpkinseeds/bullhead combo sounds nice as long as you catch small bullheads instead of monster bullheads.
Pumpkinseeds/bullhead combo sounds nice as long as you catch small bullheads instead of monster bullheads.
I've been using the DNR website to decide on fish since I got this idea. I don't doubt that they get that big. I'm just saying that the biggest ones I've ever seen have been tiny. No one fishes for them in my lake; they're considered garbage fish, so it's entirely possible that they're down at the bottom and I've just never seen a larger bullhead. Like I said, it's possible that we just have madtoms in my lake and everyone just calls them bullheads. When I looked at pictures, the baby bullheads and adult madtoms look the same to me, so I would probably have to catch one and compare the pictures to see which it is. Once I do this, I'll keep you posted as to what they are. Joe, I don't want to say where exactly I am, but I live on a small (less than 1 mile long) sandy, weedy lake in northeastern Minnesota.
Average bullhead i've seen is around 6-8 inches long but i did catch an 11 incher. Mind you it is pretty cold in canada so that might stunt them. caught the little guys in a stocked pond and the big guy in a lake where i was targeting walleye
