The catfish in your picture is not a catfish and is correctly named a bullhead aka mudpout, horned pout, hornpout, mud cat, and mud pout. It is a black, brown or yellow bullhead. Many pond owners including me consider bullheads as a nuisance trash fish in a pond sport fishery. True catfish have forked tails.

Last edited by Bill Cody; 12/19/22 03:05 PM.
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