The blue catfish is one of four most popular catfish, to fish for and grows to above one hundred twenty pounds. Today's competition for the American recordbook of 124 lbs. is from the Mississippi River in Illinois Sunday May 22, 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish raised in commercial ponds. The recent , 6 28 2005, find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's heaviest catfish, was weighed at 646 lbs., captured in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 2005, and is known 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 wedged head, of the catfish and the yellow skin represents the second largest freshwater catfish. The United States recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in December 1998. These fish might live 19 years and longer. Most species of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good dining.

Catfish Bait in the traditional stink bait, subsidize dead minnows for the favorite lure for catfish.