The blue fulton is the most familiar catfish, to angle for and grows to above one hundred twenty lbs.. The current contender for the U.S. record of 124 pounds is from the Alton Ill. May 22, 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million lbs. of catfish farmed for profit. The recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only specie of catfish of prehistoric origins dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

World's largest catfish, weighed 646.2 lbs., captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 2005, and is named 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 flattened head, of the opelousas and the yellow color typifies the 2nd biggest freshwater catfish. The United States record is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in December 1998. These catfish can live nineteen years and more. Virtually all species of catfish from fresh water is very good eating.

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