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The blue is one of the most familiar catfish, to fish for and grows to above one hundered pounds. The current competition for the American recordbook of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Illinois May 22, 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish grown in commercial ponds. Recent , 6 28 2005,
discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the age of dinosaurs.
World's biggest catfish, was weighed at 646 pounds,
caught in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, and is also known as the Pangasianodon gigas Catfish, and is being studied as a critically 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 flathead catfish and the yellow skin represents the 2nd largest freshwater catfish. The U.S. recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in 1998. These catfish can survive nineteen years and more. Virtually all species of catfish from fresh water is very good table fare.
Catfish Bait in the traditional stink bait, subsidise live bait for the favorite lure for catfish.
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124 catfish pound