Cast Gill

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas · Ictaluridae

About this fish

Spawning
April, May and June
Largest length
up to 66 cm (26 inches)
Lifespan
up to 5.5 years
Matures at
about 2.5 years old

Values come from a national database of the United States, not Wisconsin surveys: maximum length is the species' largest recorded anywhere, and spawning months are range-wide (Wisconsin timing, in a colder climate, can be later).

USGS FishTraits 14.3 (CC0). Credit: Frimpong and Angermeier, U.S. Geological Survey.

1,105 open records of this fish in Wisconsin were used here.

Lakes where it has been recorded

From open fish survey and museum records. A record shows the fish was found near the lake in that year, not that it is there now.

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