Hi Dave.

I'm surprised that you haven't been running into the bullheads! I've never seen them as thick as they are this year. Anyway, I've mostly run into them in the back bays when I'm working a weed line or jigging around stumps for walleyes or crappies. They are thick as thieves right now and it's hard to get a bait past them.

I like to fish late afternoon to early evening and the later it gets, the more active these bullheads get. Very frustrating at times. I've moved to deeper water to avoid them and that works as long as you're not still fishing. But if you're sitting in one spot, they're going to find you sooner or later.
And besides, I'm not looking to fish the deeper water at the time of day when I'm out there.

I've even run into them in the current up river. They prefer to hang in the slack water though. I should think that you could catch a bunch of them right along any slack water weed line. Any bait will do. They're cruising like a gang of thugs out there right now.

Good luck and keep as many as you can eat and then some.


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