The blue catfish is one of four most popular catfish, to fish for and grows to over 120 lbs.. The current contender for the United States record of one hundred tewnty four pounds is from the Alton Ill. May 22, 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish grown for profit. The recent , 6 28 2005, find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only known specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's heaviest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 pounds, captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, and is known as the Pangasianodon gigas Catfish, and is being studied as an endangered species.

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

The flattened head, of the yellow cat and the yellow color typifies the 2nd heaviest freshwater catfish. The United States recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in December 1998. These catfish should live nineteen years and longer. Most species of catfish from fresh water is very good table fare.

Catfish Lure in the traditional stink bait, subsidise live bait for the preferred attractant for catfish.