The silver cat is one of four most popular catfish, to fish for and grows to over one hundred twenty lbs.. The current competitor for the American recordbook of one hundred tewnty four pounds is from the Alton Ill. Sunday May 22, 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million pounds of catfish grown commercially. The recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only known specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time before the ice age.

The World's largest catfish, was weighed at six hundred fourty six lbs., captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 2005, and is named as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as a critically 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 goujon and the yellow skin typifies the 2nd biggest inland water catfish. The American recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. Flathead catfish should live 19 years and longer. Virtually all species of catfish from fresh water is very good dining.

Catfish Lure in the secret formulas, subsidize dead minnows for the preferred attractant for catfish.