Record Channel Cat on Barbie Rod??

BRADW

I saw this while checking in on the news this morning. It could not have had much line, probably just drug it in from a few feet away.

ELKIN, N.C. â€” David Hayes' granddaughter just ask him to hold her Barbie rod and reel while she went to the bathroom.

He did. And seconds later he landed the state record channel catfish at 21 pounds, 1 ounce.

Alyssa's father had bought the pink Barbie fishing rod for Christmas and she had caught a few bluegill before her grandfather hauled in the catfish.

The Winston-Salem Journal reported the catch Aug. 5 in eastern Wilkes County has been certified as a record by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

Hayes and his granddaughter have been fishing in the pond behind his house since she was big enough to hold a pole.

Hayes says his granddaughter worried he would break her rod. He landed the 21-pound fish on a 6-pound test line. It was 32 inches long, 2 inches longer than the rod.
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JohnnyD · Posted: Thu, Aug 21 2008 10:17 am Post subject:

Looks like he's about to have a stroke

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barbie rod....bmp

polebender · Posted: Thu, Aug 21 2008 04:09 pm Post subject:

when i was a little squirt, we used to fish in the ponds with cane poles. Hard to catch them that way, but 15 pounds or os was about as good as we could do cause they would break the line.
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