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Brown bullhead
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Ameiurus nebulosus

How to catch Brown bullhead

Brown bullhead feed in 40–88°F water and bite best at 60–78°F. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows them in 33 waters.

5 pts · trophy at 14"Feeds 40–88°FBest 60–78°FIn season nowPond / pitLakeCreek / streamCanal

About

The mudcat: the small, mottled, square-tailed catfish of every pond and canal, that takes a worm on the bottom at night and is better eating than its home suggests.

How to fish it

A worm on the bottom after dark in any pond.

What it eats

wormschicken livercut bait

What to fish it with

the sizes that fish it
Leader10–20 lb fluorocarbon
Hook#2–3/0
Jig head1/8–1/2 oz
Braid10–30 lb

The rule

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