The blue catfish is one of four most familiar catfish, to angle for and develops to over 100 lbs.. The current competition for the United States record of 124 lbs. is from the Mississippi River in Illinois 5 22 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million lbs. of catfish raised commercially. Recent June 28, 2005 find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

World's biggest catfish, was weighed at 646 lbs., caught in the Mekong River, Thailand, May 1,2005, and is known as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as an endangered species.

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

The flattened head, of the yellow cat and the yellow color represents the 2nd biggest freshwater catfish. The American record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in December 1998. Flathead catfish might survive 19 years and more. Virtually all varieties of catfish from running water is very good table fare.

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Grizzly Bear-Size Thailand Caught in Catfish - (2.7 meters) and grizzly big as a as bear, a huge catfish caught in northern Thailand may - View a gallery of exclusive pictures of the giant catfish. -