The blue is one of the most familiar catfish, to fish for and grows to above one hundered lbs.. The current contender for the United States record of 124 pounds is from the Mississippi River in Illinois 5 22 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish farmed commercially. Recent , 6 28 2005, find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only known specimen of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's largest catfish, weighed 646.2 pounds, captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, and is 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 shoveled head, of the catfish and the yellow color denotes the 2nd heaviest freshwater catfish. The United States recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in December 1998. These catfish should live 19 years and longer. Most varieties of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good eating.

Catfish Stinkbait in the secret formulas, subsidize dead minnows for the favorite bait for catfish.