The blue fulton is one of the most familiar catfish, to fish for and develops to over one hundered pounds. The current competitor for the U.S. record of 124 lbs. is from the Alton Ill. Sunday May 22, 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish grown commercially. The recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the age of dinosaurs.

World's largest catfish, weighed six hundred fourty six pounds, captured in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 2005, and is also known as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as a critically endangered species.

The river catfish grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.

The wedged head, of the opelousas and the yellow color denotes the second biggest freshwater catfish. The U.S. record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in December 1998. Flathead catfish might survive 19 years and longer. Most varieties of catfish from clean water is very good table fare.

Catfish Lure in the traditional stink bait, subsidize live bait for the preferred lure for catfish.