The silver cat is one of the most familiar catfish, to fish for and matures to above one hundered lbs.. The current challenger for the U.S. record of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Illinois Sunday May 22, 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish grown for profit. Recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only example of catfish of prehistoric origins dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's heaviest catfish, weighed 646 pounds, captured in the Mekong River, Thailand, May 1,2005, and is also known as the Pangasianodon gigas 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 flattened head, of the catfish and the yellow skin represents the 2nd largest freshwater catfish. The American recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in December 1998. These catfish may survive 19 years and longer. Virtually all varieties of catfish from running water is very good dining.

Catfish Stinkbait in the dough balls, subsidise dead minnows for the favored attractant for catfish.