1 Fishing is a typically American pastime. I am not saying a balderdash when I tell you that August is the National Month of catfish! So stay strong ... here's some fun news about catfish. 2 The catfish are farmed fish in a more extended in Mississippi. Maybe that's why the Capitol of the catfish is there. And 'the national fish of Missouri. The catfish is the fifth fish in order of popularity in America! However, no matter how you like it, it is illegal to take a lasso catfish in Tennessee. You must up with a line or take them with the network. 3 Some Thai fishermen had a real shock when the network took a giant catfish as big as a grizzly in 2005.

Their catfish weighed 646 pounds! The giant fish was eaten away in their village. The Mekong River in Thailand has more species of giant fish than any other river in the world. One of the men who caught the fish said: 'It is astonishing to think that giants like this still nuotino in some rivers of the world. "