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The blue catfish is one of four most popular catfish, to fish for and develops to over one hundred twenty pounds. Today's rival for the American record of 124 lbs. is from the Alton Illinois 5 22 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish raised commercially. Recent June 28, 2005
find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the time of dinosaurs.
The World's heaviest catfish, was weighed at 646 pounds,
caught in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 1,2005, and is also known as the Pangasianodon gigas Catfish, and is being studied as an 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 represents the 2nd biggest inland water catfish. The United States record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in nineteen hundred ninety eight. These fish could live 19 years and more. Virtually all species of catfish from fresh water is very good eating.
Catfish Stinkbait in the traditional stink bait, subsidise dead minnows for the favorite attractant for catfish.
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124 catfish pound
