Pumpkinseed?

[Johnsfolly]

31 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Bullheads were "Horned Pout". 

I was looking at freshwater fishing opportunities/timing in Maine and came across the horned pout reference and had to stop and look at what they meant !

When we lived in Ireland, I used to say that we were separated by a common language ! Seems like that when dealing with that same issue using local and common names of fish here stateside as well.

[JestersHK]

They're all just gills to me, or maybe bait lol. Sorry John not sorry hahahaha

[Johnsfolly]

7 minutes ago, JestersHK said:

or maybe bait lol

Let's see I know of four categories of fish in @JestersHK vocabulary; Walters, Gills, sea monsters, and bait. Some of us are just more enlightened buddy !

[MOPanfisher]

9 hours ago, MoCarp said:

Can’t remember the artist name but did art plates for in fisherman mag....great work has a nice book

William Pflieger has a vood called Fishes of Missouri. We used it back in the dark ages of college, still have it, has some very nice ohotos, drawing and keying characteristics.  I use ages lot of the local terms/names etc but I enjoy knowing what the actual names are.  Of course I also loved the Latin names for stuff in college too.  May not be quite right in the head.

[MoCarp]

I found him; Joe Tomelleri, Great book

[Quillback]

2 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

I was looking at freshwater fishing opportunities/timing in Maine and came across the horned pout reference and had to stop and look at what they meant !

When we lived in Ireland, I used to say that we were separated by a common language ! Seems like that when dealing with that same issue using local and common names of fish here stateside as well.

Speaking of bullheads, and another name for them. 

Cody Sparkman of Perryville caught a 2-pound, 13-ounce catfish on a Perry County farm pond.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Cody Sparkman of Perryville for now holding the state record for black bullhead catfish. Sparkman caught a 2-pound, 13-ounce fish on a farm pond in Perry County July 21 using a jug line. The previous record was a 2-pound, 4-ounce fish caught in 2010 in Cass County.

“I was out that day hoping to catch catfish and turtles,” said Sparkman. “It’s definitely something to now hold the state record.”

The fish’s weight was verified on an MDC scale in Perry County.

Bullhead, such as black, brown, and yellow, are nongame fish and may be caught and kept. For more information on bullhead catfish, visit https://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/fishing/species/bullhead.

This now makes the eighth state-record fish caught in 2019. Sparkman caught the fish using chicken liver.

Though Sparkman now holds a state record, he has some reservations about mounting his award-winning catch.

“I got to admit, it’s a pretty ugly fish,” laughed Sparkman. “We call them mudcats around here. But it’s a record so I’ll take it. I’m still debating on whether or not to mount it.”

[Johnsfolly]

2 hours ago, MOPanfisher said:

William Pflieger has a vood called Fishes of Missouri. We used it back in the dark ages of college, still have it, has some very nice ohotos, drawing and keying characteristics.  I use ages lot of the local terms/names etc but I enjoy knowing what the actual names are.  Of course I also loved the Latin names for stuff in college too.  May not be quite right in the head.

Pflieger is the MO fish go to book for me. Except now I go to Robert Hrabik who is currently revising the Fishes of Missouri. I'm with you @MOPanfisher in terms of the scientific names. I think that folks on here would have an difficult time trying to figure out whether it was Lepomis megalotis from Lepomis gibbosus, which is what started out this whole discussion that we highjacked from @Seth Clarkson !

[Seth Clarkson]

6 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

Pflieger is the MO fish go to book for me. Except now I go to Robert Hrabik who is currently revising the Fishes of Missouri. I'm with you @MOPanfisher in terms of the scientific names. I think that folks on here would have an difficult time trying to figure out whether it was Lepomis megalotis from Lepomis gibbosus, which is what started out this whole discussion that we highjacked from @Seth Clarkson !

Yeah.... Didn't mean to start all this lol just wanted to show a pretty fish and wasn't sure what to call it haha

[Flysmallie]

1 hour ago, Quillback said:

Speaking of bullheads, and another name for them. 

Cody Sparkman of Perryville caught a 2-pound, 13-ounce catfish on a Perry County farm pond.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Cody Sparkman of Perryville for now holding the state record for black bullhead catfish. Sparkman caught a 2-pound, 13-ounce fish on a farm pond in Perry County July 21 using a jug line. The previous record was a 2-pound, 4-ounce fish caught in 2010 in Cass County.

“I was out that day hoping to catch catfish and turtles,” said Sparkman. “It’s definitely something to now hold the state record.”

The fish’s weight was verified on an MDC scale in Perry County.

Bullhead, such as black, brown, and yellow, are nongame fish and may be caught and kept. For more information on bullhead catfish, visit https://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/fishing/species/bullhead.

This now makes the eighth state-record fish caught in 2019. Sparkman caught the fish using chicken liver.

Though Sparkman now holds a state record, he has some reservations about mounting his award-winning catch.

“I got to admit, it’s a pretty ugly fish,” laughed Sparkman. “We call them mudcats around here. But it’s a record so I’ll take it. I’m still debating on whether or not to mount it.”

Mudcats is what we called them in Oklahoma. 

There is also a minor league baseball team called the Carolina Mudcats. Been to a few of their games. 

[Johnsfolly]

1 hour ago, Seth Clarkson said:

just wanted to show a pretty fish

Keep them coming Seth! Love to look at pretty or unusual fish!