Surely you've seen River Monsters. Who hasn't? He goes all over the world, 6 continents to catch crazy fish. Well, Thailand has got all of those fish he's caught - spread out in one lake (well actually multiple lakes). On top of that, it's incredibly cheap to fish there, and there is relatively open water, meaning little to no snags, meaning lighter tackle meaning a harder fight. It truly is an amazing place to fish. 

 

So I started thinking - why aren't there places like this in the states? There are more people than you'd think that keep alligator gar (a native fish in the first place), arapaima, and especially red tail catfish, tiger shovelnose catfish, and other large cats among others. Getting the fish would be kind of expensive, but you could buy bulk farm raised fish and probably save some money with it. 

 

So here's a question for you - what species would you like to be able to fish for in your home state? Disregarding things like the lake freezing over and such. 

None.

My preference would be to remove some species entirely.

 

I think part of the allure of exotic species is the exotic locales. If I could caught a peacock bass in the local lake and piraiba in the Kansas River, it would lose some of it's excitement for me. 

We got a couple of the exotic fish you mentioned down here and more!

Barramundi, Wolf fish, Peacock Bass.

I remember Hank Parker did a show where
the lake he fished was specially stocked with
Barra. Can't remember if it was in FL or some
other southern state. Looked like a fun fish
to "hunt".

But I agree with others, probably rather fish
them in their natural habitat...except for 
Peacocks. 

tarpon

Freshwater dorado. I have yet to catch one of them