The chucklehead cat is one of the most familiar catfish, to angle for and matures to over one hundered pounds. The current competition for the United States recordbook of 124 pounds is from the Mississippi River in Illinois 5 22 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million pounds of catfish raised in commercial ponds. Recent , 6 28 2005, find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only example of catfish of prehistoric origins dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

World's biggest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 lbs., captured in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 2005, and is also known as the Pangasianodon gigas Catfish, and is being studied as an endangered species.

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

The flattened head, of the opelousas and the yellow color represents the second biggest inland water catfish. The United States recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in Dec. 14, 1998. Flathead catfish should live nineteen years and more. Most species of catfish from clean water is very good table fare.

Catfish Bait in the secret formulas, subsidize dead minnows for the preferred attractant for catfish.

Grizzly Catfish Bear-Size Caught in Thailand Despite efforts to keep the Mekong giant alive, catfish it died and was later eaten - The Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas) species is listed as -