The silver cat is the most popular catfish, to fish for and develops to above one hundered pounds. The current competition for the American recordbook of 124 lbs. is from the Alton Ill. 5 22 2005. There are 572 million lbs. of catfish farmed in commercial ponds. Recent June 28, 2005 discovery of the Lacantunia enigmatica catfish in Chiapas, Mexico is the only specie of catfish of prehistoric origins dating to the time before the ice age.

The World's heaviest catfish, weighed 646 pounds, caught in the Chiang Khong Region,Thailand, May 1,2005, and is also known as the Pangasianodon gigas Catfish, and is being studied as a critically 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 mud cat and the yellow skin typifies the second largest inland water catfish. The U.S. record is ninety eight and a half, pounds, Near Tyler, TX, in Dec. 14, 1998. These fish should live 19 years and more. Most varieties of catfish from running water is very good dining.

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