The blue fulton is one of four most popular catfish, to fish for and develops to above one hundred twenty pounds. The current competition for the U.S. recordbook of 124 lbs. is from the Alton Ill. May 22, 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million pounds of catfish raised commercially. The recent , 6 28 2005, find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the time of dinosaurs.

World's largest catfish, was weighed at 646 lbs., caught in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 2005, and is 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 flattened head, of the appaluchion and the yellow color typifies the second heaviest freshwater catfish. The American recordbook is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in 1998. These fish may live 19 years and longer. Virtually all species of catfish from clean water is very good dining.

Catfish Bait in the dough balls, subsidize live bait for the preferred lure for catfish.