The chucklehead cat is one of four most familiar catfish, to angle for and matures to above one hundered pounds. Today's competitor for the U.S. record of 124 pounds is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million lbs. of catfish grown in commercial ponds. Recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only known example of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

World's biggest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 pounds, caught in the Mekong River, Thailand, May 1,2005, and is named as the Pangasianodon gigas 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 flattened head, of the yellow cat and the yellow skin denotes the 2nd largest freshwater catfish. The U.S. record is 98.50, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in 1998. These catfish may live nineteen years and longer. Most species of catfish from clean water is very good table fare.

Catfish Stinkbait in the secret formulas, subsidize live bait for the favorite attractant for catfish.