The blue catfish is the most familiar catfish, to angle for and develops to over 120 lbs.. Today's competitor for the U.S. recordbook of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Illinois Sunday May 22, 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish raised for profit. Recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only known specie of catfish of prehistoric origins dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's biggest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 lbs., captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, and is known as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as a critically endangered species.

The spotted cat grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.

The wedged head, of the yellow cat and the yellow color represents the second biggest freshwater catfish. The American recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in 1998. These catfish may survive nineteen years and more. Most species of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good eating.

Catfish Stinkbait in the traditional stink bait, subsidise live bait for the favored lure for catfish.