What are common cold water Monster Fish?

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Op said something that would be comfortable in a 250-300 gallon. 99% of the fish listed so far would not be unless you plan on releasing them into your pond.

For that tank and for aggressiveness you are looking at bullheads, green sunfish, rock bass, perch, pickerel.

If you are releasing them into the pond eventually, sky is the limit on basically all US and EU native species
 
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Op said something that would be comfortable in a 250-300 gallon. 99% of the fish listed so far would not be unless you plan on releasing them into your pond.

For that tank and for aggressiveness you are looking at bullheads, green sunfish, rock bass, perch, pickerel.

If you are releasing them into the pond eventually, sky is the limit on basically all US and EU native species
All of my suggestions fit those lol. But it seems the op wants to release them into his pond
 
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I am leaning towards getting Albino Channel Catfish and Rock Bass. If I establish the Albino Channel Cats in my pond, I may build spawning boxes for them. That way I can harvest the eggs and raise them up in my totes then release then into the pond when bigger. When they are old enough to spawn.
I may harvest Black Bullhead Catfish eggs next Spring.
I am breeding Tilapia over the winter. I hope to release a few thousand fry into the pond next Spring, but I will need a heated tote or two, because I will be putting the Albino Cats in the one I have.
The tilapia will be food for my bigger fish.
(For those who will say something, they are the legal type tilapia for Texas) :cheers:
 
Is a Warmouth, the same thing as a Rock Bass?
Or is a Goggle Eye a Rock Bass?
Or.... Is a Rock Bass a Rock Bass?
I my go with Warmouth, in my Aquarium it sounds cool.
What kind of fish is that "Warmouth!"
Does anyone know how they behave in a tank.
I don't want a fish that hides all the time.
If I add them onto my order for the Albino Channel Cats the extra shipping is just $10.

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Warmouth Above
 
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Here's a long list: (I underlines a few that interests me)
Sturgeons - 192"
Paddlefish - 60"
Flathead catfish - 48"
Blue cats - 46"
Northern pike - 30"
Koi - 36"
** Bowfin - 30"
Carp - 31"
Salmon - 30"
** Channel cats - 22"
Smallmouth bass - 16"
** White Sucker - 18"
Quillback - 18"
Brown Bullhead Catfish - 20"
White Crappie - 20"
Spotted Sucker - 20"
Utah Chub - 20"
Yellow Bullhead Catfish - 18"
Trout - 18"
Walleye - 18"
Longnose Sucker - 16"
Black Crappie - 16"
Black Bass - 16"
Largemouth bass - 16"
** Yellow Perch - 15"
Redear Sunfish - 14"
** Black Bullhead Catfish - 14"
Needle nose gar - 12"
Lake Chubsucker - 11"
** Warmouth - 11"
Mud Sunfish - 10"
Spotted Bullhead Catfish - 9"
Pumpkinseed - 9"
Green Sunfish - 9"
Longear Sunfish - 9"
Green Sunfish - 9"
Bluegill - 8"
Pond loaches - 6"
Orange Spotted Sunfish - 6"
Dollar Sunfish - 5"
Spotted Sunfish - 4"
Logperch - 3"
 
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Here's a long list: (I underlines a few that interests me)
Sturgeons - 192"
Paddlefish - 60"
Flathead catfish - 48"
Blue cats - 46"
Northern pike - 30"
Koi - 36"
** Bowfin - 30"
Carp - 31"
Salmon - 30"
** Channel cats - 22"
Smallmouth bass - 16"
** White Sucker - 18"
Quillback - 18"
Brown Bullhead Catfish - 20"
White Crappie - 20"
Spotted Sucker - 20"
Utah Chub - 20"
Yellow Bullhead Catfish - 18"
Trout - 18"
Walleye - 18"
Longnose Sucker - 16"
Black Crappie - 16"
Black Bass - 16"
Largemouth bass - 16"
** Yellow Perch - 15"
Redear Sunfish - 14"
** Black Bullhead Catfish - 14"
Needle nose gar - 12"
Lake Chubsucker - 11"
** Warmouth - 11"
Mud Sunfish - 10"
Spotted Bullhead Catfish - 9"
Pumpkinseed - 9"
Green Sunfish - 9"
Longear Sunfish - 9"
Green Sunfish - 9"
Bluegill - 8"
Pond loaches - 6"
Orange Spotted Sunfish - 6"
Dollar Sunfish - 5"
Spotted Sunfish - 4"
Logperch - 3"
Redear sunfish have the capability of getting a foot and a half, bluegills around 16"
 
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