The chucklehead cat is one of 4 of most popular catfish, to fish for and grows to above 120 pounds. Today's rival for the United States recordbook of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Ill. May 22, 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish grown in commercial ponds. The recent , 6 28 2005, discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only example of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age 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 2005, and is known as the Pangasianodon gigas Catfish, and is being studied as a critically 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 yellow cat and the yellow skin typifies the second largest inland water catfish. The U.S. recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. Flathead catfish might survive 19 years and longer. Most varieties of catfish from running water is very good table fare.

Catfish Bait in the traditional stink bait, subsidize live bait for the favorite lure for catfish.