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The hump back blue is one of 4 of most popular catfish, to fish for and grows to above 100 pounds. The current rival for the American record of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Mississippi River in Illinois May 22, 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish raised commercially. Recent June 28, 2005
find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time of dinosaurs.
The World's largest catfish, weighed 646 lbs.,
caught in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 2005, and is titled 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 wedged head, of the johnnie cat and the yellow skin typifies the 2nd biggest freshwater catfish. The United States record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in nineteen hundred ninety eight. These catfish might live 19 years and more. Virtually all species of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good table fare.
Catfish Lure in the traditional stink bait, subsidize dead minnows for the preferred lure for catfish.
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