The chucklehead cat is one of the most familiar catfish, to angle for and develops to above one hundered pounds. The current challenger for the U.S. record of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Ill. May 22, 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish grown in commercial ponds. The recent , 6 28 2005, find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only specie of catfish of prehistoric origins dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's biggest catfish, weighed 646 pounds, captured in the Mekong River, Thailand, May 1,2005, and is titled as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as an 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 shovelhead cat and the yellow color denotes the second heaviest freshwater catfish. The U.S. record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in December 1998. These fish should survive 19 years and longer. Virtually all varieties of catfish from fresh water is very good eating.

Catfish Stinkbait in the secret formulas, subsidise live bait for the favored lure for catfish.