The hump back blue is one of 4 of most familiar catfish, to angle for and grows to above one hundered pounds. The current competition for the U.S. record of one hundred tewnty four lbs. is from the Alton Illinois May 22, 2005. There are 572 million pounds of catfish raised commercially. The recent , 6 28 2005, discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only known example of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the time of dinosaurs.

World's heaviest catfish, was weighed at 646 pounds, captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, and is known as the Mekong Giant 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 wedged head, of the appaluchion and the yellow skin represents the second biggest freshwater catfish. The United States record is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in Dec. 14, 1998. These fish can survive nineteen years and longer. Virtually all varieties of catfish from fresh water is very good dining.

Catfish Lure in the traditional stink bait, subsidise live bait for the favored lure for catfish.