What Kind Of Catfish Is This???? (Pic)

[jmed999]

Not sure what kind of catfish this is...any ideas?

[jmed999]

I keep trying to upload the pic and it keeps saying "internal server error" oh well. I have posted a pic before with no problems...any idea what is wrong?

[endless]

Size maybe? If not go down to bottom of page and on the left side click delete my cookies.

[Bluebasser86]

Pics not uploading for me either...

[jmed999]

I made sure the pic wasn't too big. It's only 500k

[endless]

I made sure the pic wasn't too big. It's only 500k

Are trying the pic through attach file? I thought it was only 100k for photos and gallery was 150k?

Yea I just tried it. 500k still too big. TRy to bring it down to 150k or less. I tried a 362k, Internal server error. The attach photo is 156k, same photo smaller size. Not sure what your trying for resizing but this seems to work good for me, Thanks to NateFollmer. PIC RESIZE which I used to get that photo to 156k.

Any more problems He is the gallery mod so I would check with him before the others. He help me get the photo in my sig when I couldn't get the file size right. Hopefully this will help you though! If ever thought about photo gallery here is NateFollmer tutorial NateFollmer Tutorial

Edited August 25, 2011 by endless

[jmed999]

Here we go....what kind of catfish is this????

[endless]

Maybe a brown bullhead

[J Francho]

My 1st reaction is flathead, but that deeply lobed caudal fin has me second guessing. Might be it's just torn up, though.

[endless]

My 1st reaction is flathead, but that deeply lobed caudal fin has me second guessing. Might be it's just torn up, though.

I thought of flathead at first myself but the hump on it's just just stands out more than all the pics of flathead I seen but it pattern matches it the best. The fin does looktorn now that you mentioned it. It's twisted around in the pic.

Catfish IdentificationIt lists Flathead, Channel, Blue, Bullhead(yellow,brown,black), and White. Just click on link and see if any of the description matches.

[jmed999]

A friend of mine that knows a good bit about fishing didn't see it but he said in my pond it was post likely a mud catfish. Of course that doesn't mean much because he didn't see it. I'm hoping it is a flathead since they get pretty big.

I caught 3 of them with jugs and they were all pretty town up when I retrieved them the next morning. Not sure if the turtles tried to get to them or if they just injured themselves on the jug line. They all have injuries including one that had an injury to the flat spot on his head that didn't look fresh.

[Packard]

Looks like a bullhead

[Andy C]

It would help if we knew which portion of the country you live in.

[jmed999]

I'm in South Carolina.

[Andy C]

Definitely a bullhead, looks like a snail bullhead to me. Was it caught out of a stream or river?

http://www.dnr.sc.gov/cwcs/pdfhigh/ModOther.pdf

[Bluebasser86]

Bullhead for sure. They have the rounded head like a channel cat but the round tail like a flathead and usually mottled like a juvinile flathead. They make good bait for flatheads and love to swallow the hook when they bite.

[jmed999]

Its from a pond not a river or stream.

[Bluebasser86]

It's a brown bullhead, used to catch a ton of them out of farm ponds when I was little. They make great flathead bait if you catch them in the 6-10 inch range. Just clip off the sharp fins and get them close to a logjam or rocky shoreline. I've used them up to 2lbs for bait and it's amazing how small of a flathead will try to eat a bait that big.