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The hump back blue is one of four most familiar catfish, to angle for and grows to above one hundred twenty lbs.. The current rival for the United States recordbook of 124 pounds is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are five hundred seventy two million lbs. of catfish raised for profit. Recent June 28, 2005
discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Mexico is the only known example of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the age of dinosaurs.
The World's heaviest catfish, was weighed at six hundred fourty six lbs.,
captured in the Area of Ton Le Sap in Cambodia., May 1,2005, and is named as the Pangasianodon gigas 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 flattened head, of the mud cat and the yellow color represents the 2nd largest inland water catfish. The American recordbook is 98.50, pounds, Lake Palestine TX, in December 1998. These catfish may live nineteen years and more. Virtually all varieties of catfish from fresh water is very good dining.
Catfish Bait in the traditional stink bait, subsidise live bait for the preferred attractant for catfish.
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world record catfish pic
