The blue catfish is the most familiar catfish, to fish for and matures to over 100 pounds. Today's competitor for the U.S. record of 124 pounds is from the Alton Ill. May 22, 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million lbs. of catfish raised in commercial ponds. The recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only known example of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

The World's biggest catfish, weighed 646 lbs., captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 2005, and is titled as the Mekong Giant Catfish, and is being studied as a critically endangered species.

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

The wedged head, of the mud cat and the yellow color typifies the second biggest freshwater catfish. The American recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in December 1998. These catfish could survive 19 years and longer. Most species of catfish from clean water is very good table fare.

Catfish Bait in the traditional stink bait, subsidize dead minnows for the favorite bait for catfish.