The blue fulton is one of the most familiar catfish, to fish for and develops to above one hundered pounds. Today's contender for the American record of 124 lbs. is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million lbs. of catfish grown in commercial ponds. The recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the time before the ice age.

World's heaviest catfish, was weighed at six hundred fourty six pounds, captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 2005, and is known 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 shoveled head, of the opelousas and the yellow color represents the second largest freshwater catfish. The U.S. record is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. These catfish might survive 19 years and longer. Most species of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good dining.

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