Thursday, October 6, 2011

Mystery Solved.....Official Word.......Not a Record Bullhead

Two posts ago I reported catching a large "catfish" that I thought at first could have been a RI record brown bullhead.  I sent a load of photos to the state DEM for positive identification.  I also sent the photos to the Carp Angler Group Forum where there are many catfish experts.  Word from the state biologist was that he thought it was a white catfish.  Word from the Forum was unanimous that it was a channel cat.  So, from these replies we can definitely conclude that the fish in question was NOT a brown bullhead.  The forked tail (see photo) was the clue that ruled out a bullhead and made this fish some type of catfish.

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