What does madtom mean?
Madtom means Any of the catfish of the genus Noturus of the family Ictaluridae..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Any of the catfish of the genus Noturus of the family Ictaluridae..
Two specimens were taken; one very large example, 9 inches long, i a pool of Bottom Creek, and a small one in the river. The stomach of the large specimen was filled with minnows and "Mad Toms."
We were fishing with "mad toms" for bait; that is what the local fishermen call diminative^([sic]) bullheads.
On the Potomac and the Susquehanna rivers a favorite bass bait is what they call a mad-tom, which is nothing but a small yellow catfish (stone cat) with its spines cut off.
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Madtom means Any of the catfish of the genus Noturus of the family Ictaluridae..
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Two specimens were taken; one very large example, 9 inches long, i a pool of Bottom Creek, and a small one in the river. The stomach of the large specimen was filled with minnows and "Mad Toms."
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