The hump back blue is one of the most popular catfish, to fish for and grows to over 120 lbs.. The current challenger for the United States recordbook of 124 pounds is from the Alton Illinois Sunday May 22, 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish grown commercially. The recent , 6 28 2005, discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only known specimen of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the age of dinosaurs.

The World's biggest catfish, was weighed at 646 pounds, captured in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, 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 flattened head, of the opelousas and the yellow color denotes the second biggest freshwater catfish. The American record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. These catfish can live 19 years and longer. Most varieties of catfish from clean water is very good eating.

Catfish Bait in the traditional stink bait, subsidise live bait for the favorite attractant for catfish.