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
Caught in Kansas in the 1990's, 123 pounds nine oz.
I dont know Ionly caught a 5 pound one but about 624
The catfish that I have caught and cleaned do not have teeth.... These are fresh water catfish.....
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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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