How to Use bullhead in a Sentence

bullhead

noun
  • These are weak or absent in black bullhead.
    — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Black bullheads also have dark gray, black or black-spotted chin barbels.
    — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Black bullheads are identified by the pectoral fins.
    — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Along with channel catfish, the lake is stocked with rainbow trout, rock bass, bass carp, brown trout and brown bullhead.
    — Sean Quinton, The Seattle Times, 19 June 2018
  • The yellow bullhead is the only bullhead with chin barbels that are yellow, buff, or pale pink.
    — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Bullheads are active and provide good action, but their numbers seem to be down compared to the last few years.
    — Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 11 June 2017
  • Small, ruby lacquered bullheads line a far wall and booths the color of red sangria adorned with nail-head trim fill the dining space.
    — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 27 June 2018
  • Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek.
    — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Largemouth bass, yellow perch, bluegill, black crappie and bullhead, several dozen in all.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The bullhead measured 22 inches long.
    — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Brown and yellow bullheads have the rear edge of their pectoral fin spine serrated with sharp tooth-like projections.
    — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Live bullheads are also effective for striped bass near the Mothball Fleet.
    — sacbee, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Jackson said other fish, such as bluegill sunfish, largemouth bass, bullhead catfish and yellow perch are known to be caught from the pond too.
    — Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 3 May 2017
  • Good choices include live sunfish, suckers, bullheads, carp, goldfish, and chubs.
    — Keith Sutton, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
  • Fishing continues to be good for crappie, bullheads, channel catfish, and trout.
    — Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 7 May 2017
  • The lake contains bluegill/sunfish, carp, largemouth bass, crappie, bullhead, northern pike, and walleye.
    — Laura Hinderman, Daily Southtown, 27 June 2017
  • Other fish include pickerel, white perch, yellow perch, sunfish and bullhead.
    — Frank Cohen, courant.com, 17 May 2017
  • One fish, a brown bullhead, had the astounding concentration of twenty-five hundred parts per million.
    — Rachel Carson, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 1950
  • In the report, the state said the dead fish species included black and striped bass, bullhead, catfish, rainbow trout, shad, sunfish, yellow perch, and minnows.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 25 June 2026
  • Grass shrimp is available in Suisun Bay bait shops, and live bullheads continue to be very popular at shops with shrimp boat access.
    — sacbee, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Yellow bullhead are found throughout much of the eastern and central United States, as far as western Texas.
    — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Warm and murky water in the pond would attract mostly carp, bullheads and other fish tolerant of poor water quality, Wawrzyn said.
    — Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Species generally present in the lake include bluegill, black crappie, largemouth bass, northern pike, walleye, yellow perch and bullhead.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Other nonnatives fish in Utah Lake include perch, walleye, bass, bluegill channel catfish and black bullhead catfish.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Brown bullheads are native to southern Canada and the eastern United States on both sides of the Appalachians.
    — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • As a result, June suckers face an array of predator species, including white bass, walleye, largemouth bass, black crappie, black bullhead, northern pike and channel catfish.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Jan. 2021
  • The rest of the fish community includes muskellunge, northern pike, white sucker, brown bullhead, yellow perch, spot-tail shiner, Johnny darter and a handful of other small species.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2018
  • While there are a number of American catfish (and similar-looking bullheads) the most important catfish species to American anglers are channel catfish, blue catfish, and flathead catfish.
    — Popular Science, 1 June 2020

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