The great blue cat is one of 4 of most popular catfish, to fish for and grows to over one hundred twenty lbs.. The current competitor for the American recordbook of 124 pounds is from the Alton Ill. May 22, 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million lbs. of catfish farmed commercially. Recent June 28, 2005 find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specie of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's largest catfish, weighed six hundred fourty six lbs., captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 2005, and is titled 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 wedged head, of the mud cat and the yellow color typifies the 2nd biggest freshwater catfish. The United States record is 98.50, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in December 1998. These catfish should survive 19 years and more. Most varieties of catfish from running water is very good dining.

Catfish Stinkbait in the traditional stink bait, subsidize dead minnows for the favorite bait for catfish.