Mahopac man catches state record bullhead


Photo courtesy of DECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today that Glenn Collacuro, of Mahopac, has broken a state record by landing a 7-pound, 6 ounce, 22-inch brown bullhead while fishing Lake Mahopac in Putnam County on Aug. 1.
Caught with a sawbelly, or alewife, Collacuro's catch surpassed the old record for largest bullhead (also caught at Lake Mahopac) by more than a pound and marks the fourth state record fish species to be broken this year.

Brown bullheads average about one to two pounds in New York State - making Collacuro's catch even more impressive. Inhabiting most of the state, bullheads are most active during low light periods and are highly sought after because they provide a tasty meal, according to a DEC press release
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Wow, thats some bullhead! Hard to believe one would get that big! Thanks for thinkin of me Nunz,
Frank

I havent catfished in awhile. We used to slam them at night at Ronkonkoma by the bavarian inn and sears bellows (sears pond). We night fished with chicken liver. It was like a gourmmet meal to them. The only pain was we caught eels in between. One eel I caught in ronk we wieghed and it came in at 5.7 pounds. It was huge!!!!!

Growing up in a predominately Italian household, I learned to fish for eels at an early age. We hit the tidal rivers for the smaller ones. Smoked them , BBQ'd them and fried them , great food. A little lemon and it was as delicate a white meat as you could ever get. Had to have for Xmas eve! I speared commercially for a while too in Stony Brook Harbor. We would get monsters out of Blydenburg. Biggest I ever saw was about 7 pounds, It looked like a fire hose. Just before they migrate back to spawn they go through some changes and you catch the silver ones with really big eyes, nasty disposition! I didn't know Sears had a quality catfish population. Now I hit artist once in while, but its not as good as when i was a kid. Thats why I'm going to Champ instead of 1000 Islands, I want to nail some channel cats!