The great blue cat is one of 4 of most familiar catfish, to fish for and develops to over 120 pounds. Today's challenger for the United States recordbook of one hundred tewnty four pounds is from the Alton Illinois 5 22 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million lbs. of catfish raised commercially. The recent June 28, 2005 find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time before the ice age.

World's biggest catfish, weighed 646 pounds, captured in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 1,2005, and is named as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as a critically endangered species.

The channel catfish grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.

The wedged head, of the appaluchion and the yellow color typifies the 2nd biggest freshwater catfish. The United States record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in December 1998. These fish can survive 19 years and longer. Most species of catfish from running water is very good eating.

Catfish Lure in the dough balls, subsidise dead minnows for the favored attractant for catfish.