bullhead

noun, 1. any N. American freshwater catfish of the genus Tetalurus having a large head with several barbels. 2. any of various northern fishes of the family Cottidae with large heads bearing spines (COD)

“I remember Grandpa rowing the bullheads to Kingston, eh, and back.”

“Bullheads, ah, 10 and 15 cents. Early in the winter, you’d get 20 or 35 for bullheads.”

“Well, Dad mostly fished perch, but he did fish whitefish late in the fall. And they did get sturgeon. Bullheads.”

“There was whitefish and bullheads in the spring of the year.”

“You could always sell some bullheads there in the spring on the market.”

“We had some bullheads to go in the March break. There used to be a week, no school there, eh? So the ice was, well, it was okay. We thought, well, Tom was a good judge of ice, and so we said, well, we’ll put the boxes of fish in- it’s like an aluminum boat, eh?”