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Good thing Granpa had the rod, that fish would have pulled that little girl in.
WILKES COUNTY, N.C. — A backyard angler has bagged the state’s record channel catfish using a 2½-foot hot pink Barbie Doll rod and reel.
David Hayes caught the record-breaking fish from a private pond while fishing early this month with his granddaughter, Alyssa, 3. The 21-pound, 1-ounce catfish measured 32 inches long — 2 inches longer than the Barbie Doll fishing pole.
“After catching two or three bluegill, Alyssa turns to me and says: ‘Papa, I’ve got to go to the bathroom. Hold my fishing rod,’” Hayes was quoted as saying in a news release from the state Wildlife Resources Commission.
“A few minutes later, the float went under, and I saw the water start boiling up — I knew right then that I had my hands full with that fishing rod.”
It took Hayes about 25 minutes to land the fish, which measured 22½ inches in girth. Hayes said that once he got it to the bank, he was pretty certain his channel cat would exceed the previous state record, an 18-pound, 5-ounce fish caught in August 2007.
The fish was weighed on certified scales at a nearby grocery store, and a fisheries biologist with the Wildlife Resources Commission certified that Hayes was right.
Last edited by KEDA; 08-23-2008 at 11:12 AM.
Good thing Granpa had the rod, that fish would have pulled that little girl in.
That girl isnt so little and I fix your post I read the last part twice.
Nothing sadder than an old man taking credit for his grandaughter's catch.
Dude catfish in the Arkansas river eat that for breakfast.
And it pisses me off to see kids that young that overweight. Bad parents.
a private pond? whoopty in do. fat chunks.
The both of them look like they could eat more fish. Thank god that caught something or it would have been McDonalds all over again.
wow... the acorn didn't fall far from that tree.
but a channel cat.... from a private pond?
smells fishy.
My grandparents have a private pond stocked with channel cat.
I don't catch your drift.
I have relatives all over the Luchenbach area who keep stock tanks filled with catfish. I remember catching a 12 pounder on rod and reel at one of those ponds when I was about 9 years old.
Kinda takes a lot of the fun out of it when you know you're catching it from a pond. Especially when they refer to them as "pets"
Someone should keep that picture for "Gone Fishin" time next year.
Is that Roy?
LMFAO!!!
No wonder he was so happy on Thursday, I would have been too if I would have caught a fish like that.
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