The forktail cat is one of the most popular catfish, to fish for and grows to over one hundred twenty lbs.. Today's competitor for the United States recordbook of one hundred tewnty four pounds is from the Alton Illinois 5 22 2005. There are 572,000,000 million lbs. of catfish grown in commercial ponds. Recent June 28, 2005 find of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only example of catfish of the ancient Tertiary age dating back to the age of dinosaurs.

The World's largest catfish, weighed six hundred fourty six lbs., captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, and is also known 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 flattened head, of the johnnie cat and the yellow color denotes the 2nd biggest inland water catfish. The U.S. record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Lake Palestine, Texas, in nineteen hundred ninety eight. These fish may survive 19 years and more. Virtually all varieties of catfish from fresh water is very good dining.

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