The great blue cat is one of four most popular catfish, to fish for and develops to above one hundred twenty lbs.. The current rival for the United States recordbook of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Illinois 5 22 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million lbs. of catfish grown in commercial ponds. Recent , 6 28 2005, find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the time before the ice age.

World's largest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 lbs., captured in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 1,2005, and is also 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 wedged head, of the catfish and the yellow skin denotes the 2nd largest freshwater catfish. The United States record is 98.50, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. Flathead catfish might live nineteen years and more. Virtually all varieties of catfish from running water is very good eating.

Catfish Bait in the secret formulas, subsidise dead minnows for the favorite attractant for catfish.