Nothing Crazy, the other day I catch this catfish with no real appreciation. Comes out its a yellow bullhead and the Maryland State record is only 3lb 7oz? Keep in mind I am wearing a size 12 boot in this picture which puts the cat around 16-18"...had a nice belly on it. Sure wish I had a scale last Friday! Made a report to DNR who let me know about the state record as well. Maybe I will go back and try to catch one bigger. Sure would be interesting to have a "State Record"!

 

 

That's a fat bullhead!

I remember my very first catfish was a 16" yellow bullhead, but it was rather thin.

If you released it...try catching it again and get a weight on that yellow bull.

By the way, what did you catch it with?  Cant quite tell by the pic...a black curly tail grub, maybe?

You got it! Zoom 4" Fat Albert Grub. Black w/red flakes.

You got it! Zoom 4" Fat Albert Grub. Black w/red flakes.

 

I've often thought about trying to catch a state record fish that many people don't specifically target, like Bullheads for example.

Might be fun to have your name in the record books

He definetly is pretty fat. Hard to tell but i don't quite think he is the state record. I could be wrong though, like CeeJay said you should try to catch it again. And next time bring your scale!

I think it was likely right around 3lbs or slightly less. I thought it was funny and that I had no idea how close it may have been. Thanks.

A channel cat of similar length will typically weigh around 2 1/4 or 2.5 pounds. Regardless of what it weighs it's an above average bullhead for sure.