Flathead or Channel?

[Ham]

[MOPanfisher]

1 hour ago, Ham said:

Gorgeous flathead, the second pic really emphasizes why the name too.

[Al Agnew]

22 hours ago, FishnDave said:

I think brown bullheads are often splotchy.

(picture from online)

Even some black bullheads are sort of splotchy to a lesser degree:

Yeah, I was just talking about the species you're likely to catch in MO and AR.  While there are brown bullheads here and there in the Ozarks, they are not common to my knowledge.

[FishnDave]

I agree...most Black Bullheads and Yellow Bullheads are not splotchy.  Like these Black Bullheads:

or

There's always the exceptions, I suppose.  This Yellow Bullhead that ate my fly was sorta splotchy as well:

[bfishn]

3 hours ago, Ham said:

That's how you'll know a flattie, look him straight in the eye. No face, just a mouth and two beady little eyes that suggest, "I know where you live."