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whats the point of stocking ponds with bullheads? i see post of people asking how to get rid of them and it makes me ask why they were put there in the first place they on average are only half a pound so why even bother unless u want to have massive catfish or bass to eat them

I doubt many (if any) people stock them on purpose. Do a search for fish hatcheries that are selling bullheads. How many do you find?

Most are put in ponds by mother nature when ponds get flooded during a storm.

Smith Creek in New York IIRC at least used to have them on their fish list. I remember being surprised to see them on the list.

whats weird is theres a ox bow lake on a running trail in the woods made from a 100 acre pond the ponds about 1 acre big and iv used worms and minnows and the only fish i catch in it is rock bass and bullheads its crazy every single cast you catch something your hook wont be in the water longer than 5 seconds i tried hooking a rock bass to throw out t catch something igger but no luck weird how no sunfish were in there

Some folks really like them. I cleaned and ate a lot of them when I was young because a large creek near our house had a lot of them but, then again, we would clean and eat about anything we could catch. They can get well over a pound and aren't bad eating. I no longer eat them since I grew up and I now prefer certain other fish. I would never stock them. Zett's also used to have them in their catalogue. Not sure now.

"rock bass"? May they are warmouth ?