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What kind of fish did I catch?

Sorry I don't have a picture, but I will describe it the best I can. I caught it in a river about 25 feet wide and 4 feet deep. I caught it under a bridge in a medium/slow portion of the river. I know that suckers hang out in the same area. I used a worm with heavy splitshots to keep it down on the bottom and not moving. It looked like a catfish of sorts. It had the wide flat mouth too. The weird part was that it had little stubby nubs sticking out the sides of its head, just behind the mouth. It looked like little horns, but on the sides of the head rather than top. If I remember correctly, it was golden/brown in color. I caught a few of them. They all were in the 12-14 inch range and I would guess them all around a pound. I know what carp look like, and it definitely wasn't a carp. I'm assuming that it is some type of catfish or bullhead.

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1. carp
2. Yellow Bullhead or Flathead catfish. The difference is the tail if it is forked it is a catfish
3. some type of catfis, maby a bulhead
4. Try the fish base there u find every fish.
5. bullhead?
6. You caught a hornyhead Chub -"Nocomis biguttatus". They're very common in small rivers and creeks. I use to catch a bunch when I was a kid fishing in creeks.