The chucklehead cat is one of four most popular catfish, to fish for and grows to above 100 pounds. The current rival for the United States record of 124 pounds is from the Mississippi River in Illinois May 22, 2005. There are 572,000,000 million lbs. of catfish grown commercially. The recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only known example of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

World's biggest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 lbs., caught in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 1,2005, and is known as the Pangasianodon gigas Catfish, and is being studied as a critically endangered species.

The river catfish 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 color represents the 2nd largest freshwater catfish. The United States record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. These catfish can live 19 years and more. Virtually all species of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good dining.

Catfish Bait in the traditional stink bait, subsidise live bait for the favored attractant for catfish.