The silver cat is one of 4 of most familiar catfish, to angle for and grows to above one hundred twenty lbs.. The current competition for the American recordbook of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Ill. May 22, 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish grown in commercial ponds. The recent June 28, 2005 find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only known specie of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the age of dinosaurs.

World's heaviest catfish, weighed six hundred fourty six lbs., caught in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 1,2005, and is also known as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as a critically endangered species.

The channel catfish grow to 45 pounds averaging 14 years but are known to live to 20 years.

The flattened head, of the goujon and the yellow color represents the second heaviest freshwater catfish. The United States record is 98.50, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. Flathead catfish can live 19 years and more. Most varieties of catfish from clean water is very good dining.

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