That, or they thought them 'gator gars were so impressive they didn't need
to bring over the wels :)
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From: <Moontanman_at_aol.com>
> >
> Actually i have always wondered how we missed out on getting the Wels
> catfish. There was a time when anyone could transfer a fish from any where
to here.
> From what I understand that how we got the common carp to begin with, some
carp
> fan imported a few back around a hundred years ago or so. it's really
amazing
> that someone didn't think it would be cool to have those huge catfish as
well.
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