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The silver cat is one of four most popular catfish, to fish for and grows to over 100 pounds. The current competitor for the American recordbook of 124 pounds is from the Mississippi River in Illinois 5 22 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million pounds of catfish raised for profit. The recent June 28, 2005
discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only known specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time before the ice age.
World's largest catfish, weighed 646.2 lbs.,
captured in the Mekong River, Thailand, May 1,2005, 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 wedged head, of the opelousas and the yellow skin denotes the 2nd largest freshwater catfish. The United States record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in December 1998. These fish can live nineteen years and more. Virtually all species of catfish from clean water is very good eating.
Catfish Bait in the traditional stink bait, subsidise live bait for the favorite bait for catfish.
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