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Originally Posted by garysanfran
Is "hornpout" used anywhere outside of New England? Most anywhere, they're called catfish but when I find someone who knows the term hornpout, they've spent time fishing in New England.
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I grew up calling this type of fish a hornpout. I learned at an early age that you have to be careful handling them, less you get stung by the horns protruding from the sides near the gills. When we moved to St. Louis in the early '90s, we were introduced to catfish.