Baits, Tackle, Techniques Bullheads take a wide range of live and dead offerings. While using a piece of tomato can for bait might be stretching your luck, there's no denying that these nocturnal feeders are not temperamental. My favorite bait is chicken liver. Worms rank a close second. Stinkbait concoctions also work well.
Bullheads feed around the clock, but the night bite is usually best.
Catch them from shore or boat, zeroing in on weedbed edges, river bends, channel drops, underwater humps, inundated ponds, boat docks, and long points. Water turbidity seems to have little to do with the catch rate. Bullheads tolerate high levels of turbidity better than most fish, and since they feed primarily by taste and smell, low visibility is not a problem. As a rule, the simpler your fishing methods, the more you will enjoy bullhead fishing. Your fishing strategy can be as unencumbered as using a cane pole and small hook to dunk a worm or piece of liver in late evening.