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01/02/2011
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Perch
Worms
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01/03/2011
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I only had one day available to ice fish so I made the 2 hour drive from the Seattle area to The Cove at Fish Lake, Plain WA. $5 parking fee at The Cove, they were out of envelopes so I improvised. I headed out towards the middle of the lake. Punched a couple holes along the way to check ice thickness. There was 4 to 6 inches depending on where I punched a hole, 1-2 clear. It was just borderline for my comfort. Fished with just a piece of worm on a hook near the bottom, caught my limit of 25 medium sized perch, no dinks or jumbos. I also caught a few trout even though I was targeting perch. The bite died between 10am and 2pm. Caught a couple dozen bothersome bullhead also. About 50+ other people out there between the ice skaters, fishermen and people just out for a stroll. One guy that cut thru the cattails at the Cove, fell thru, got drenched to his waist. The sun was shining, colder than a witch's tata before 9ish, no wind. Bring a 4 wheel drive or chains to get out of the cove, icy driveway. I used the chains, no biggy. I had an awesome time, great medicine for the soul!


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Wintersteelhead21
1/3/2011 8:26:00 PM
Great, detailed report
Jay K
1/3/2011 9:21:00 PM
Nice report. Why are the bullheads bothersome? I hear some people eat 'em.
MarkFromSea
1/3/2011 9:31:00 PM
LOL,,, I tossed them on the ice and even the birds, crows, wouldn't haul them away, the birds did stop on down to look at them. 3-4 inches and eatin my bait.... LOL kept the rod a bouncin!
Jay K
1/3/2011 11:50:00 PM
Oh, 3-4 inches? Wow.... I guess they're pretty small then. Wonder why they aren't bigger; I'd expect catfish to get big pretty fast.
basser90
1/4/2011 4:42:00 AM
Their probably Sculpin instead of true bullheads
MarkFromSea
1/4/2011 9:28:00 AM
yep bullhead, in the sculpin family..... not a catfish at all, notta whisker amongst them. Anyhoo, had a great time!
MarkFromSea
1/4/2011 9:39:00 AM
guess I'm learning something today, I didn't know that some catfish are also called bullhead,,,,,,Thanks Guys! The ones I caught were the freshwater sculpin type of bullhead,,,,,, related to the cabezon, red irish lords,,,,, growing up, if it had whiskers = catfish, even those black ones that like to bite really well after dark. didn't know some cats are bullhead too!

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Bullhead may mean:

Kinds of fish, including:
Certain sculpins, including:
European bullhead, Cottus gobio
Siberian bullhead, Cottus poecilopus
Norway bullhead, Taurulus Liljeborgi
Catfish of the genus Ameiurus, including:
Black bullhead, Ameiurus melas
Brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus
Yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis
Catfish of the genus Pseudobagrus, including:
Dianchi bullhead, Pseudobagrus medianalis
Korean bullhead, Pelteobagrus fulvidraco (syn. Pseudobagrus fulvidraco)
Korean stumpy bullhead, Coreobagrus brevicorpus (syn. Pseudobagrus brevicorpus)
Black bullhead, Pseudobagrus koreanus
Other catfishes, including:
African bullhead, Lophiobagrus cyclurus
King's bullhead, Liobagrus kingi
basser90
1/4/2011 11:31:00 AM
And when I was a kid, over there at Fish Lake we called em squawfish. Boy was I ever wrong.
The Jigmiester
1/4/2011 4:06:00 PM
Wow. Thats the most Latin I've heard since Catholic school! How about Western motled sculpin...An agressive little rockfish that make up the bulk of predator fish diets in rocky bottom impoundments in the Northwest. Jiggy
MarkFromSea
1/4/2011 7:34:00 PM
LOL Catholic school here as well, sorry for the confusion,,, LOL them squawfish look like a whitefish with a trout like mouth though nothing like a catfish/bullhead/sculpin,,, LOL I'll have to drop the bullhead name since it can mean a black cat or a sculpin....... LMAO too funny! now its also called a rockfish, damn I'm confused.... thought rockfish were more like quillbacks, seabass, coppers, and something akin to a small mouth bass,,,,, LOL I love it! Thanks for the humor!...... I caught lots of 3" sculpin at Fish Lake :)
MarkFromSea
1/4/2011 7:44:00 PM
wow! could have saved them for bass bait!!!!!!!! LOL Thanks Jiggy!
basser90
1/5/2011 4:37:00 AM
Their great for squawfish :-)
Lundegard
1/5/2011 3:00:00 PM
They are definitely sculpin. Hooked on a 2 ounce jig while still frozen, I'm told the burbot and lakers in Lake Chelan love those things.
MarkFromSea
1/5/2011 5:48:00 PM
LOL burbot and lakers is on my bucket list, never targeted them, per say. saving my pennies for a charter on Chelan. it'll be a while............
MarkFromSea
1/5/2011 10:49:00 PM
perch were in the 9" range
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