The forktail cat is one of four most popular catfish, to angle for and matures to above one hundered lbs.. The current contender for the U.S. record of 124 lbs. is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish farmed in commercial ponds. The recent , 6 28 2005, discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only known specie of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the time before the ice age.

World's largest catfish, weighed 646 lbs., caught in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 1,2005, and is also 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 shoveled head, of the catfish and the yellow skin denotes the 2nd heaviest inland water catfish. The U.S. record is 98.50, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in 1998. Flathead catfish might survive 19 years and more. Virtually all species of catfish from running water is very good dining.

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

Grizzly Bear-Size Catfish Caught in Thailand - and as big as a grizzly bear, a huge catfish caught in northern Thailand may - - efforts to keep the Mekong giant catfish alive, it died and was Despite