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The blue catfish is one of 4 of most familiar catfish, to fish for and develops to above 100 lbs.. The current rival for the U.S. record of one hundred tewnty four pounds is from the Alton Ill. May 22, 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish grown for profit. The recent June 28, 2005
discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time of dinosaurs.
The World's heaviest catfish, was weighed at six hundred fourty six pounds,
captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 2005, and is also 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 opelousas and the yellow color represents the second largest inland water catfish. The U.S. record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in December 1998. These catfish may live nineteen years and more. Most varieties of catfish from clean water is very good table fare.
Catfish Bait in the traditional stink bait, subsidize live bait for the favorite attractant for catfish.
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