The blue catfish is the most familiar catfish, to angle for and matures to above one hundred twenty pounds. The current contender for the U.S. record of 124 pounds is from the Alton Illinois May 22, 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish farmed commercially. Recent , 6 28 2005, discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specie of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's largest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 pounds, captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, and is titled as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as an endangered species.

The spotted cat grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.

The flattened head, of the catfish and the yellow skin typifies the 2nd biggest inland water catfish. The U.S. record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. These catfish may survive nineteen years and more. Most species of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good dining.

Catfish Bait in the dough balls, subsidize dead minnows for the preferred bait for catfish.

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