The chucklehead cat is one of the most popular catfish, to angle for and matures to above one hundred twenty pounds. Today's contender for the U.S. record of 124 lbs. is from the Alton Ill. Sunday May 22, 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million pounds of catfish raised in commercial ponds. Recent June 28, 2005 find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only known specimen of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the age of dinosaurs.

The World's biggest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 lbs., captured in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 1,2005, and is named 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 wedged head, of the yellow cat and the yellow skin represents the 2nd largest inland water catfish. The United States record is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in December 1998. These fish could survive 19 years and more. Most varieties of catfish from fresh water is very good eating.

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