The blue fulton is one of the most familiar catfish, to angle for and develops to above 120 pounds. Today's competition for the United States recordbook of one hundred tewnty four pounds is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish raised for profit. The recent June 28, 2005 find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only example of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's largest catfish, weighed six hundred fourty six lbs., caught in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 1,2005, and is named 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 flattened head, of the flathead catfish and the yellow skin denotes the 2nd biggest freshwater catfish. The United States record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in December 1998. Flathead catfish could live 19 years and longer. Most varieties of catfish from running water is very good table fare.

Catfish Lure in the dough balls, subsidize dead minnows for the favored bait for catfish.