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<H1 class=head _extended="true">Man Makes Record Catch With Barbie Fishing Rod</H1><P class=date _extended="true">Thursday, August 21, 2008 <UL class="tools alt" _extended="true"><LI class=first _extended="true">E-Mail <SPAN id=intelliTXT _extended="true"><STRONG _extended="true">ELKIN, N.C.? David Hayes' granddaughter just ask him to hold her Barbie rod and reel while she went to the bathroom.[/b]</LI>[/list]<P _extended="true">He did. And seconds later he landed the state record channel catfish at 21 pounds, 1 ounce.<P _extended="true">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.<P _extended="true">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.<P _extended="true">Hayes and his granddaughter have been fishing in the pond behind his house since she was big enough to hold a pole.<P _extended="true">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.

reelfinatical

talk about bad timing.... lol... little girl should have waited a little bit longer =)

Fish Happens

Thats crazy. My dad told me a story about something I did when I was a kid. He bought me a snoopy pole and took me trout fishing in Blackwater bay under the interstate. He said I was casting and casting and couldn't quite get it right with that pole. So he told me that I through it in the water and said, "I want a real pole". He still laughs at it to this day. I guess i was doomed to be a fisherman :letsdrink

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