The hump back blue is the most popular catfish, to angle for and develops to over one hundred twenty lbs.. Today's rival for the U.S. record of 124 pounds is from the Alton Illinois May 22, 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million pounds of catfish raised commercially. Recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the time of dinosaurs.

World's largest catfish, weighed 646.2 pounds, caught in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 2005, and is also known 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 mud cat and the yellow color typifies the 2nd biggest inland water catfish. The U.S. recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in December 1998. These fish may survive 19 years and longer. Most varieties of catfish from running water is very good dining.

Catfish Stinkbait in the traditional stink bait, subsidize live bait for the favorite lure for catfish.