Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Types of fish to choose Hybrid black, yellow and brown bullheads

Norm I doubt that you will see any hybrid bullheads from this 5 acre lake. Bullheads are pretty territorial when building a nest and during incubation. A pond in AL that contained yellow and brown bullheads was drained. No hybrids were found when the pond was drained. I think instinctive behavior during nest construction and spawning would prevent any hybrids from occuring naturally. The only chance of bullhead hybrids occurring would be due to simultaneous spawning in very crowded nest sites which is not likely to occur in a five acre lake.

There are not very many records of naturally occuring bullhead hybrids. I think blacks and browns are most likely to naturally hybridize. However there are several instances of numerous combinations of experimental bullhead hybrids.