The silver cat is one of four most familiar catfish, to angle for and develops to over one hundred twenty pounds. Today's rival for the U.S. record of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Illinois 5 22 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish grown commercially. The recent , 6 28 2005, find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only example of catfish of prehistoric origins dating back to the age of dinosaurs.

World's biggest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 pounds, caught in the Mekong River, Thailand, May 2005, and is also known as the Pangasianodon gigas 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 mud cat and the yellow color denotes the second heaviest freshwater catfish. The United States recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in 1998. Flathead catfish may survive nineteen years and more. Most varieties of catfish from fresh water is very good eating.

Catfish Bait in the secret formulas, subsidize dead minnows for the favored bait for catfish.

John's Jottings: Noodling Catfish How in the world can a bit control a fish over a hundred pounds in open water - i used to go noodling until a 53 3/4 lb flathead catfish person my arm and -