The silver cat is one of four most familiar catfish, to angle for and grows to over one hundered lbs.. The current competition for the U.S. record of 124 lbs. is from the Alton Ill. Sunday May 22, 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million pounds of catfish raised for profit. The recent , 6 28 2005, find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only known specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the time of dinosaurs.

World's biggest catfish, weighed 646 lbs., captured in the Mekong River, Thailand, May 1,2005, and is known 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 wedged head, of the johnnie cat and the yellow color typifies the 2nd largest inland water catfish. The United States recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. Flathead catfish might live 19 years and more. Virtually all species of catfish from clean water is very good dining.

Catfish Bait in the dough balls, subsidize live bait for the preferred attractant for catfish.

ATV Connection Forums river Record Catfish caught in Mississippi - - Early Sunday, Tim Pruitt caught a 124-pound blue catfish. - That's a big catfish, you a bet there's can bigger one out there somewhere. -