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The forktail cat is one of 4 of most familiar catfish, to fish for and develops to above 100 pounds. Today's contender for the U.S. recordbook of 124 lbs. is from the Alton Illinois Sunday May 22, 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million lbs. of catfish raised in commercial ponds. The recent June 28, 2005
discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only known example of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time of dinosaurs.
World's largest 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 a critically endangered species.
The channel catfish grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.
The shoveled head, of the johnnie cat and the yellow color denotes the second biggest freshwater catfish. The U.S. record is 98.50, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in 1998. Flathead catfish should live 19 years and more. Most species of catfish from clean water is very good dining.
Catfish Bait in the secret formulas, subsidise live bait for the preferred lure for catfish.
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