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!

Thanks

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

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.

Tionesta Creek always produces a few or three for me each summer..........using nightcrawlers for bait.

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.

Woodcock and Wilhelm

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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.

French creek & Sugar lake never fail to give up some bullheadz when I night fish 'em.

the access area on miller station road just north of cambridge springs has always been good!

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.