The blue is one of the most popular catfish, to angle for and develops to over one hundred twenty lbs.. Today's rival for the U.S. recordbook of 124 pounds is from the Alton Illinois Sunday May 22, 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish raised in commercial ponds. The recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only known specimen of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's biggest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 pounds, caught in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, and is also known as the Mekong Giant 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 wedged head, of the goujon and the yellow skin represents the second biggest inland water catfish. The American recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in nineteen hundred ninety eight. Flathead catfish can live 19 years and more. Virtually all species of catfish from clean water is very good table fare.

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