The hump back blue is one of 4 of most familiar catfish, to angle for and grows to over one hundred twenty lbs.. Today's rival for the United States record of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million pounds of catfish farmed in commercial ponds. Recent , 6 28 2005, discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only known specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the age of dinosaurs.

World's largest catfish, was weighed at six hundred fourty six pounds, captured in the Mekong River, Thailand, May 1,2005, and is also known 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 flattened head, of the johnnie cat and the yellow color denotes the 2nd heaviest freshwater catfish. The U.S. record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in 1998. These fish can live 19 years and more. Most varieties of catfish from clean water is very good eating.

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Dave Barry's Blog He trade a 6-foot long, 1800-pound used for a turtle Mercedes. - 124 lb. catfish: Well, this .0000001 oz. worm looks mighty appetizing- -