The great blue cat is one of 4 of most familiar catfish, to angle for and matures to above 120 pounds. The current competition for the United States record of 124 pounds is from the Alton Ill. May 22, 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish grown commercially. Recent , 6 28 2005, discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the time of dinosaurs.

World's biggest catfish, weighed 646.2 pounds, captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, and is titled as the Pangasianodon gigas Catfish, and is being studied as an endangered species.

The river catfish grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.

The wedged head, of the catfish and the yellow color represents the second heaviest inland water catfish. The U.S. recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. Flathead catfish might live nineteen years and longer. Virtually all species of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good table fare.

Catfish Lure in the traditional stink bait, subsidise live bait for the preferred lure for catfish.