troutguy
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Bullhead Spots?
Does anyone know of any decent lakes/rivers in NW PA that have good populations of bullheads? I know just about every lake has at least a few, but where do I have a good chance to get into some good numbers of fish, regardless of size? I fished Tamarack Lake one night in the summer and only caught 2 in about 2.5 hrs fishing. Oh and I'll be C&R fishing, just in it for some hopefully fast action catfishing fun!
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/03/29 10:29:11
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I have heard Eaton Reservoir is great for bullheads but have no first hand experience fishing the lake for them. Beautiful lake though would be worth a try. Here is a link when they surveyed in 2008 they netted 417 bullhead out of the reservoir. http://fishandboat.com/images/fisheries/afm/2009/2x06_02eaton.htm
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/03/29 16:54:32
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I checked on the PF&BC web pages and Tamarack Lake is one of the better Bullhead lakes in NW PA.with Wilhelm being a close 2nd.
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/03/29 18:04:11
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Tionesta Creek always produces a few or three for me each summer..........using nightcrawlers for bait.
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/03/29 18:41:32
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Thanks for the suggestions.
Pachuckles, yeah thats one of the reasons why I checked out Tamarack that one night. Maybe I just wasn't in the right spot or they just weren't hitting or something.
KingKool, where on Tionesta Creek? I've fished the parts above the lake for trout, and I fished the outflow a few times in the summer and only got a few gills and rock bass. I wasn't really fishing on the bottom though.
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/03/29 21:49:09
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/03/29 22:49:59
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Thanks for the suggestions.
KingKool, where on Tionesta Creek? I've fished the parts above the lake for trout, and I fished the outflow a few times in the summer and only got a few gills and rock bass. I wasn't really fishing on the bottom though.
Anywhere above Nebraska Bridge to the New Town Flats - look for the deeper pools of slack water. They ain't big, but they always seem to show up. If you're in it to eat them, I would imagine they'd be the perfect size.
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/03/30 07:20:08
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French creek & Sugar lake never fail to give up some bullheadz when I night fish 'em.
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/03/30 08:36:02
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the access area on miller station road just north of cambridge springs has always been good!
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/03/30 23:26:43
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At one time I knew of quite a few bull head spots. Not any more. I do not know what happened to them, but they have pretty much disappeared from my spots in the last 20 years.
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/04/03 14:29:00
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a couple years ago we wnet down to nebraska bridge to fish with the kids. parked on the side with all the scrub and got out to fish. i noticed something swimming in a sinkhole off the side of the road so watched for a while to see what it was. it was full of young catfish 2-5 in. went back and got a seine and must have netted well over 200 little catfish bullhead i think,put them back in the lake. must have gotten trapped in the hole when high water receded.
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/04/03 18:36:27
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Why the heck would you want a bullhead spot???...  ..WF
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/04/17 16:08:50
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Conneaute Creek in Erie county used to be great for yellows and browns but I think the lamprey poison killed them off.
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/04/17 16:20:25
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I respectfully wonder the same thing.
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/04/18 11:25:02
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I have to agree with Eaton Reservoir fish the **** section you can't keep them off your line 
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/04/26 09:25:35
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trout guy fished last night and couldnt keep them off the lines not small but not big either caught about 40 between to people in three hours. this is a very overlooked spot i was at too
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Re: RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/05/25 08:36:56
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We fished pymy from shore (linesville area) at night over the weekend with dead fatheads and nightcrawlers, we couldn't keep the bullheads (primarly yellow) off the line. Caught aprroximately 30 between the 2 of us in 3 hours and missed some as well. All small with a few bigger channels mixed in.
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Re: RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/05/25 15:22:02
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bullhead dam and union city dam has some big fish but union city **** is hard to walk into its a big hill I have trouble walking and because of my legs but its Great if the water level is above normal for big game fish
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Re: RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/05/25 15:51:27
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I was fishing on Pymie out from the Fries Road launch on Wed. this week and caught a bunch of bullheads. Silvers or Blues and Browns some looked purple....??? Threw them all back....
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/05/31 15:56:47
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Pork
French creek & Sugar lake never fail to give up some bullheadz when I night fish 'em.
I was able to make it back up that way last weekend and fished Sugar from shore by the hotel and the PFBC access. By the hotel I only got gills and crappie, but I wasn't fishing on the bottom. I did try fishing crawlers on the bottom at the PFBC access but got nothing. Were you fishing from a boat? I was also there in the morning so that probably wasn't helping. Also fished French at Shaws Landing and Cochranton in the evening. Nothin at Shaws and no bullheads in Cochranton, but did get a nice bass.
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/05/31 16:15:06
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Yeah, I'm usually on the boat when @ Sugar, but I have got em from shore @ the PFBC launch. (at night)
I would have guessed you'd get some @ Shaws...the nighttime is the righttime.
Geneva swamp would be a good spot to try too...with a good shot at some bowfin. (actually, probably more bowfin than bullheadz in there)
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/05/31 17:03:19
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otter creek... but there usually dinks
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RE: Bullhead Spots?
2012/05/31 17:13:08
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ive never fished for cats at french creek, but i know its a frustrating river.
i kinda gave up fishing it much in the summer. if you go in a boat i think thats your best bet now, would be cool to see some big cats caught out of there tho.
so much of the river is unfished.
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