The blue catfish is one of 4 of most popular catfish, to angle for and develops to over one hundred twenty pounds. The current competition for the U.S. record of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million pounds of catfish grown commercially. Recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

World's largest catfish, was weighed at six hundred fourty six lbs., caught in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 2005, and is named as the Pangasianodon gigas Catfish, and is being studied as a critically endangered species.

The river catfish grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.

The shoveled head, of the goujon and the yellow skin represents the second biggest inland water catfish. The American record is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in Dec. 14, 1998. These catfish may survive 19 years and more. Most species of catfish from running water is very good table fare.

Catfish Stinkbait in the secret formulas, subsidize dead minnows for the favored lure for catfish.