The blue is one of 4 of most familiar catfish, to angle for and develops to above one hundered pounds. Today's contender for the U.S. record of 124 lbs. is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are 572,000,000 million lbs. of catfish farmed commercially. Recent , 6 28 2005, find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only example of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the time of dinosaurs.

World's largest catfish, weighed 646 pounds, caught in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, and is also known as the Pangasianodon gigas Catfish, and is being studied as an endangered species.

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

The shoveled head, of the opelousas and the yellow color represents the second largest freshwater catfish. The U.S. record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in 1998. These fish could survive nineteen years and more. Most varieties of catfish from clean water is very good table fare.

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