The forktail cat is one of 4 of most familiar catfish, to fish for and matures to above 120 lbs.. The current competitor for the U.S. record of one hundred tewnty four pounds is from the Alton Ill. Sunday May 22, 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish farmed commercially. The recent , 6 28 2005, discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only known example of catfish of prehistoric origins dating back to the age of dinosaurs.

World's biggest catfish, was weighed at 646.2 pounds, captured in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 2005, and is also known as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as an endangered species.

The spotted cat grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.

The wedged head, of the mud cat and the yellow color represents the second heaviest inland water catfish. The American recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. These fish can survive 19 years and more. Virtually all species of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good table fare.

Catfish Lure in the dough balls, subsidise dead minnows for the preferred lure for catfish.