bullpout

Updated: July 16, 2025

"Because that one you lent me has sunk," mourned Lily. "For goodness' sake!" shrieked Bobby. "You've got a bite!" She dropped her own pole, ran to the amazed Lily, and dragged in a big bullpout sometimes called "catfish" that was sulking in the mud at the bottom, with Lil's hook firmly fastened in its jaws. Lil shrieked. She would not touch the wriggling, black fish.

Gertrude W. Morrison - The Girls of Central High in Camp : Or, the Old Professor's Secret

“Cheerily, boys, cheerily!” cried Benjamin; “I see a salmon-trout that is big enough for a chowder.” “Away with you, you varmint!” said Billy Kirby, plucking a bullpout from the meshes, and casting the animal back into the lake with contempt. “Pull, boys, pull; here’s all kinds, and the Lord condemn me for a liar, if there ain’t a thousand bass!”

James Fenimore Cooper - The Pioneers