Oklahoma has the largest catfish festival in the world known as the Okie Annual Noodling Tournament
I don't know but there is a Huge at least 2 feet maybe 3 foot cat in a small city pond in Illinois
it is not in the US but the largest freshwater fish was a catfish caught in china
It was caught in Thailand weighing 646 pounds
your mum, she found in the lake with a dog.
A group of villagers in the Sahong Channal. It was the Giant Mekong Catfish. They say it is the largest fish in the world.
In 1985 John Cunning caught a record breaking 41 Pound catfish. Gov.Ben Nelson decided to make the channel catfish the state fish, In 1991 It became the state fish
I dont know Ionly caught a 5 pound one but about 624
Caught in Kansas in the 1990's, 123 pounds nine oz.
The catfish that I have caught and cleaned do not have teeth.... These are fresh water catfish.....
It would seem that the largest fish would be a Nile perch, as I have found no information suggesting that there would be Sturgeon or anything resembling Larger North American fish. Even channel Catfish here seem to get bigger then Catfish in the Nile.
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