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An angling world record was set on May 22, 2005 with a 124-pound (56.2 kg) blue catfish caught in the Mississippi River, [17] [18] surpassing a 121.5-pound (55.1 kg) specimen from Lake Texoma in Texas. On June 18, 2011, a 143-pound (64.9 kg) blue catfish was landed from Kerr Lake on the Virginia-North Carolina border.
The largest living species is the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) of the world's northern temperate oceans, also the second largest fish. The largest specimen, which was examined in 1851, measured 12.3 m (40 ft) long and weighed 16 tonnes. [1] Perhaps the most famous "big fish" is the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Specimens ...
Flathead catfish primarily populate the large lakes and rivers of the eastern U.S., including the Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Ohio, and Susquehanna rivers. The Best Bait
The Minnesota DNR Division of Ecological Services received a State Wildlife Grant to conduct surveys for rare fish species in the Mississippi River from the Twin Cities to the Iowa border. These surveys were conducted from 2006 to 2008, and while the skipjack shad was a targeted species, none were found. [ 14 ]
The Mississippi River is home to the alligator, one of the most fierce predators in North America. These big reptiles grow big in this habitat. Find out how big they can get by watching this video ...
The DNR's Mississippi River team are studying fish in the backwaters of the upper river that are getting "flushed" out of their habitat by high, fast-moving water over the past decade and trying ...
Rank Animal Scientific name Maximum length () Image Habitat 1: Whale shark: Rhincodon typus: 12.65 [1]: 2: Basking shark: Cetorhinus maximus: 12.27 [2]: 3: Giant oarfish
All of Mississippi's state lakes offer great opportunities to catch quality fish, but these have produced giants including state records. Bass, bream, catfish and crappie: Catch giant, trophy fish ...