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Fishing in British Columbia => The Fish Kitchen => Topic started by: leaping steely on June 11, 2004, 08:33:12 PM

Title: bullhead
Post by: leaping steely on June 11, 2004, 08:33:12 PM
has anyone tried eating bullhead? i've heard they are poisonous. is this true? thanks
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Post by: Fish Assassin on June 11, 2004, 09:53:20 PM
I personally have never tried bullhead but know of people who had. They seem fine to me :)
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Post by: otto on June 11, 2004, 09:56:20 PM
BULLHEADS.....rinse the slime off em, nail em to a barn wall, cut and peel the skin off, gut, rinse.......roll in cornmeal flour, salt and pepper, toss on a greased hot cast iron frying pan, open beer enjoy!!!! nothing like fried catfish, apple pie, and cold beer.!!!   8)
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Post by: leaping steely on June 11, 2004, 10:17:29 PM
thanks. i guess the rumour i heard that bullhead are poisonous is a lie.
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Post by: DaN ThE MaN on June 12, 2004, 12:26:09 AM
i woundnt eat that fish :-\ they eat all the crap on the bottom of the river....
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Post by: DragonSpeed on June 12, 2004, 02:09:58 PM
BULLHEADS.....rinse the slime off em, nail em to a barn wall, cut and peel the skin off, gut, rinse.......roll in cornmeal flour, salt and pepper, toss on a greased hot cast iron frying pan, open beer enjoy!!!! nothing like fried catfish, apple pie, and cold beer.!!!   8)

Great - I don't have a barn ::), so I guess it's no catfish for me :(  ;D
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Post by: otto on June 12, 2004, 03:30:09 PM
er......sculpin i've never caught or eaten....LOL my bad.....and are bullheads not a species of catfish???

 CATFISH!!! them is really good eating!!!!!, i went to a fishing derby in the States and they had a catfish contest (biggest fish, most fisf, and weiredest looking one)  then they had a huge catfish barbeque. rolled something like 300 fair sized catfish steaks in cornmeal and spices, fried em up, served with potato salad, beer, apple pie and cookie!!! best fish i have ever eaten.

nok that i have hijacked the post, back to you Chumman ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re:bullhead
Post by: JigHead on June 14, 2004, 11:09:43 PM
well when ever people who walks by a pier that isnt very experianced in fishing. they always tend to think a sculpin is some what of a catfish. so thats why we call them bullheads.

no they arent  poisonous but because of their feeding beheavior.. they are loaded with those worms that looks liek a screw in their flesh.  along with all the sea parasites... but their relative... the cabezon is very good eating. :D
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Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on June 18, 2004, 10:41:58 PM
Adanac keeps bull head he should know :)
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Post by: otto on June 18, 2004, 11:15:09 PM
Big Als cajun eatery on east 1st ave near the on ramp....best dam* fried catfish this side of Alabama!!!!
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Post by: dead head on June 19, 2004, 12:03:19 AM
In ontario my old country lol I ate catfish they where very good :o :o
dont noke catfish
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Post by: JigHead on June 20, 2004, 02:12:12 AM
again, we are talking about the sculpin here? a salt water bottom feeder.
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Post by: The_Roe_Man on June 20, 2004, 02:18:33 PM
Bullhead can be caught in fresh water too.  They are everywhere. Wouldn't be much point in keeping them anyway unless you get a big one and most are around 6 inches long.
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Post by: JigHead on June 20, 2004, 03:49:40 PM
the ones caught in fresh water. are modded sculpins.
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Post by: spring_killer on July 03, 2004, 09:42:49 PM
They taste really good if you know how to make them..  :D
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Post by: Long_Cast on July 10, 2004, 11:23:25 AM
I'll avoid eating bullheads especially if they're caught during the hot summer period because I heard they taste very muddy.
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Post by: DaN ThE MaN on July 11, 2004, 10:18:38 PM
 :-X
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Post by: Flycastin on July 23, 2004, 10:29:26 PM
Holy cow, I never thought of eating a Sculpin/Bullhead before. Someone should really post a recipe for those bait-stealing b@st@rds. I'd love to cook them up, just to teach them a lesson.
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Post by: otto on July 23, 2004, 10:40:25 PM
bread em and fry them !!! add salt/pepper/limejuice. eat with fresh hot cornbread/butter and a cold reeb
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Post by: Fish Assassin on July 23, 2004, 10:58:15 PM
Holy cow, I never thought of eating a Sculpin/Bullhead before. Someone should really post a recipe for those bait-stealing b@st@rds. I'd love to cook them up, just to teach them a lesson.

 ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Ed on July 24, 2004, 11:00:44 AM
Bullheads (the bottom feeders in ocean) have lots of bones in them so i woudln't recomend eating them. I"ve seen them for sale in Chinatown but from what i hear people use the fish to make soup but the fish are put in bags so the bones are kept away from the soup. Personally i have no idea how they make the soup but i hear if you make it welll it taste pretty good.
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Post by: ~IvAn~ on July 27, 2004, 03:58:45 PM
outch! i would hate to be a  bullhead at the end of your line...  ;)
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Post by: The Gilly on July 30, 2004, 08:28:41 AM
Why ???
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Post by: oddjob on August 08, 2004, 08:54:54 PM
TandT supermarket , there are several in the lower mainland sells bullheads at $3.00 per pound. To some orientals they are very good eating.Most bullheads are either steamed or fried.Bullheads are sold live in a tank and you pick the ones you want. Some times they even sell sturgen, however these sturgen are black and are very small.I have been told they are farm raised.
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Post by: newsman on August 17, 2004, 10:33:20 AM
My relaitives in Ont. eat the freshwater vertion of our Bullheads, they call Mudcats. Close inspection will show you that they are the same fish horns and all. I tried them once when my relies cooked up a bunch, didn't turn my palet on.
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Post by: fishin_chick on August 25, 2004, 08:10:40 PM
only one good thing bullfish are good for....crab bait

watch out for the stingers on the sides by their heads though, i was told they hurt.  maybe thats where the poison thing comes in...???
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Post by: blaydRnr on August 31, 2004, 12:21:31 AM
sculpins like cabezons and red irish lords are great eating....but staghorn sculpins and great sculpins...(bullheads)...can you say "Yukfoo"? :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X
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Post by: DaN ThE MaN on August 31, 2004, 12:56:14 AM
wouldnt eat a bullhead from the fraser :-X :-X they eat to much crap
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Post by: Koho on August 31, 2004, 08:07:23 AM
Can anyone post a picture of the bullhead you are talking about.  I only found the freshwater Brown Bullhead version online which I caught often at Burnaby Lake.  Thanks.

(http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t040/T040677A.jsm)
Title: Re:bullhead
Post by: The Gilly on August 31, 2004, 11:05:14 AM
(http://www.royhenryvickers.com/limited_editions/Large_Imgs/Bullhead.jpg)
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Post by: DaN ThE MaN on August 31, 2004, 12:14:35 PM
LOL ;D
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Post by: Koho on August 31, 2004, 12:44:23 PM
 ;D