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The great blue cat is one of the most familiar catfish, to fish for and matures to over one hundered lbs.. Today's contender for the U.S. record of 124 pounds is from the Alton Illinois May 22, 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million lbs. of catfish farmed commercially. The recent , 6 28 2005,
discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only known specie of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the time of dinosaurs.
The World's largest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 pounds,
captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., 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 shoveled head, of the flathead catfish and the yellow skin typifies the 2nd biggest inland water catfish. The United States recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. These catfish can live 19 years and more. Most varieties of catfish from running water is very good dining.
Catfish Stinkbait in the traditional stink bait, subsidise dead minnows for the favored bait for catfish.
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