The chucklehead cat is one of four most familiar catfish, to fish for and matures to over one hundred twenty pounds. The current challenger for the United States recordbook of 124 lbs. is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish farmed for profit. Recent , 6 28 2005, discovery 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.

World's largest catfish, weighed 646.2 pounds, caught in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 2005, and is named 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 johnnie cat and the yellow skin represents the 2nd largest freshwater catfish. The U.S. recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in Dec. 14, 1998. These catfish should survive nineteen years and more. Most varieties of catfish from clean water is very good eating.

Catfish Bait in the dough balls, subsidize live bait for the favored bait for catfish.