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The blue is one of the most popular catfish, to fish for and grows to above 120 lbs.. The current competition for the American recordbook of one hundred tewnty four pounds is from the Mississippi River in Illinois May 22, 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish farmed in commercial ponds. The recent , 6 28 2005,
discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of prehistoric origins dating back to the time of dinosaurs.
The World's heaviest catfish, weighed 646.2 lbs.,
caught in the Mekong River, Thailand, May 1,2005, 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 wedged head, of the catfish and the yellow color denotes the 2nd biggest freshwater catfish. The U.S. recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in nineteen hundred ninety eight. These catfish should survive 19 years and more. Virtually all varieties of catfish from fresh water is very good table fare.
Catfish Lure in the dough balls, subsidize dead minnows for the favored lure for catfish.
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