The forktail cat is one of four most popular catfish, to angle for and matures to over one hundred twenty pounds. The current rival for the U.S. record of one hundred tewnty four pounds is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish raised commercially. The recent , 6 28 2005, find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only example of catfish of prehistoric origins dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's largest catfish, was weighed at six hundred fourty six pounds, caught 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 channel catfish grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.

The shoveled head, of the flathead catfish and the yellow color denotes the 2nd biggest inland water catfish. The United States recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in nineteen hundred ninety eight. These catfish can live nineteen years and more. Virtually all varieties of catfish from clean water is very good table fare.

Catfish Stinkbait in the dough balls, subsidize dead minnows for the preferred lure for catfish.