The silver cat is one of the most familiar catfish, to fish for and grows to above one hundred twenty pounds. The current challenger for the U.S. recordbook of 124 pounds is from the Alton Illinois 5 22 2005. There are 572,000,000 million pounds of catfish raised for profit. Recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only known specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the time of dinosaurs.

World's largest catfish, weighed 646.2 lbs., caught in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 2005, and is named as the Mekong Giant 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 shoveled head, of the johnnie cat and the yellow skin denotes the second largest freshwater catfish. The American record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. These catfish can survive 19 years and more. Most varieties of catfish from fresh water is very good eating.

Catfish Bait in the secret formulas, subsidize live bait for the favored attractant for catfish.