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The hump back blue is one of 4 of most familiar catfish, to angle for and matures to above one hundered pounds. Today's rival for the U.S. record of one hundred tewnty four pounds is from the Alton Ill. Sunday May 22, 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish grown for profit. Recent , 6 28 2005,
discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the age of dinosaurs.
World's largest catfish, weighed 646 lbs.,
caught in the Mekong River, Thailand, May 1,2005, and is named as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as an endangered species.
The channel catfish grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.
The shoveled head, of the catfish and the yellow skin typifies the 2nd biggest freshwater catfish. The United States recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in 1998. Flathead catfish should live 19 years and longer. Virtually all varieties of catfish from clean water is very good table fare.
Catfish Stinkbait in the traditional stink bait, subsidize live bait for the favorite attractant for catfish.
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