The silver cat is the most popular catfish, to fish for and develops to above one hundered pounds. The current challenger for the American recordbook of 124 pounds is from the Alton Illinois Sunday May 22, 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish grown commercially. The recent June 28, 2005 find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of prehistoric origins dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's heaviest catfish, weighed 646.2 lbs., caught in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 2005, and is known as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as a critically 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 goujon and the yellow skin represents the second heaviest inland water catfish. The American recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. These fish could survive nineteen years and longer. Virtually all species of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good table fare.

Catfish Lure in the traditional stink bait, subsidize dead minnows for the preferred lure for catfish.

more catfish holder landing Record than just big fish - state - and soon to be certified world record blue catfish of 124 pounds. Pruitt caught the 58-inch long, 44-inch girth monster catfish fishing record