The blue catfish is one of the most familiar catfish, to angle for and develops to above one hundred twenty pounds. The current competitor for the United States record of 124 pounds is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million pounds of catfish farmed for profit. Recent June 28, 2005 find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specie of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's largest catfish, weighed six hundred fourty six lbs., captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, 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 wedged head, of the mud cat and the yellow skin represents the second biggest inland water catfish. The United States recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in 1998. These fish may live nineteen years and more. Most varieties of catfish from clean water is very good table fare.

Catfish Stinkbait in the secret formulas, subsidise dead minnows for the favored attractant for catfish.