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Nicodemus

The Recluse
Staff member
Yep. That`s what we call a speckled cat down here. They`re good eating when fresh.
 

Coenen

Senior Member
Yessir. Brown, I think.
 

Bream Pole

Senior Member
yep call them speckled cats or creek cats around here. biggest one I ever caught was in a seine seining for crawfish in a highway ditch weighed almost three lbs.
 

King.Of.Anglers.Jeremiah

Fishing ? Instructor!
That's A bullhead alright. I catch them all the time. I usually get 1-2lb bullhead but they get up to 4 or 5 I believe. I don't know if that's a brown or a speckled bullhead though. My guess is brown
 

Rabun

Senior Member
So it sounds like they don''t get very big but are tasty. I'll have to try me a fried bullhead sammie next time.
 

NCHillbilly

Administrator
Staff member
Looks like a snail bullhead.
 

j_seph

Senior Member
Great flathead bait too!!!!
 

61BelAir

Senior Member
I called them speckled cats and the plain brown ones butter cats, but couldn't begin to tell you what it really should be called. LOL

When caught from a clear / clean water creek that's the best eating catfish in my opinion.
 
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