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The great blue cat is one of four most familiar catfish, to angle for and develops to over one hundered pounds. The current rival for the American recordbook of 124 lbs. is from the Mississippi River in Illinois May 22, 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million lbs. of catfish raised commercially. The recent June 28, 2005
find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specimen of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating to the time before the ice age.
The World's heaviest catfish, weighed 646.2 lbs.,
captured in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 2005, and is named 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 wedged head, of the shovelhead cat and the yellow color typifies the second heaviest inland water catfish. The United States record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in December 1998. Flathead catfish could survive nineteen years and longer. Virtually all species of catfish from uncontaminated water is very good table fare.
Catfish Lure in the traditional stink bait, subsidize dead minnows for the preferred bait for catfish.
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Here are some tips and tricks to help you catch more fish from clear water fisheries. These tips will get you "Tuned-in", regardless of the target species.
For years I never caught a bass on a jig. I gave them a fair shot to produce fish and they failed. I thought they were obsolete. I thought I had a presentation for every situation that worked better than using a jig. But now I know, I was wrong.
Its been a long cold winter. Cabin fever claimed some of my time, but not all of it. My most productive time was spent modifying bass lures. Think about it--when you can alter a lure and catch more bass on it, what could be more satisfying?
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