The silver cat is one of 4 of most popular catfish, to fish for and develops to above one hundered pounds. Today's rival for the U.S. record of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Illinois May 22, 2005. There are 572,000,000 million lbs. of catfish farmed in commercial ponds. The recent June 28, 2005 find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only specie of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the age of dinosaurs.

The World's biggest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 lbs., captured in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 2005, and is also known 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 flattened head, of the opelousas and the yellow color typifies the second heaviest inland water catfish. The U.S. record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in December 1998. Flathead catfish may survive 19 years and more. Most varieties of catfish from fresh water is very good eating.

Catfish Bait in the dough balls, subsidise live bait for the favorite lure for catfish.