When I was a kid, I used to fish this lake close by me. Especially in the spring. Now I never could figure it but Bullhead was one fish the family would not eat. In fact we'd catch them and bury them in the garden.

One spring day I was out with a can of worms, and pole. I took a 5 gallon pail with me to sit on as where I went it was kind of wet and muddy. By the end of that day, I had all but filled that bucket (probably twenty or more large spring bullheads) with bullheads.

Got home, and a friend told me how to skin them. So instead of going to the garden I went to the shop, and skinned all them bullhead. I then begged Mom to roll them in her breading and cook then for me. I really wanted to try them. Well she did. And the rest of the family saw me sitting there really enjoying the fish, so they started eating them.

We never buried another bullhead after that. That has to be one of my favorite spring time fish. Of course the suckers and red horse will run soon. So its time to catch them and then smoke them. Oh the pleasure of smoked carp, suckers, and red horse, with a box of Ritz Crackers.