Silver in color with 6 to 10 very tiny barbels on the chin and many faint oblique bars on the upper flank. The male is famous for his croaking noise. World record: 3lbs 12 oz - Pensacola, FL, 1982 Louisiana record: 12lbs 2 oz Limits: None Caught in water from 3' to over 200' in depth. Bottom feeder. Favorite baits: Dead shrimp, squid and cigar minnows. Superior white meat is great battered and fried. This live fish (2"-4") is great summertime bait for big speckled trout.