Catfish Solution to Bullheads

[guywhofishes]

Catfish provide natural solution to bullhead problem in North Dakota study​

UND-Game and Fish Department research project offers encouraging results.​

UND graduate student Tyler Bennett scoops bullheads caught in a trap net May 14, 2024, at Sweet Briar Lake in North Dakota's Morton County.
Contributed / Tyler Bennett

By Brad Dokken

https://www.jamestownsun.com/sports..._f7a0NGS0rDtXUTw-bkxi8A&__vfz=medium=sharebar

 

[Shockwave]

Keep scooping! I did notice a little less catfish in Oahe after they took a bunch out and stocked them in Sweet Briar

 

[risingsun]

Sounds like a good way to handle the bullheads till they are about wiped out. But what happens when the cats get bigger, bigger appetites, and the bullheads are gone? Will they then eat fishermen's target fish?

 

[Trip McNeely]

Sounds like a good way to handle the bullheads till they are about wiped out. But what happens when the cats get bigger, bigger appetites, and the bullheads are gone? Will they then eat fishermen's target fish?

I guess we will find out….. if I had to venture a guess since catfish get a bit bigger there’s some value in eating them for a lot of people. Catfish is pretty good eating in my opinion. That may help keep the cat population in check.

 

[Jiffy]

Go to school for fisheries they said, it’s a fun job they said….

 

[Trip McNeely]

Go to school for fisheries they said, it’s a fun job they said….

I went to school for fisheries and wildlife management…. I did not choose that as a career path…..I also suck at fishing relative to any other profession Im aware of true story