Aug 23 2008
21 Pound Fish Caught With Barbie Rod..
David Hayes’ from North Carolina has caught a record fish. He did this with his granddaughter’s Barbie fishing rod. His granddaughter asked him to hold her rod and reel, while see just went to tha bathroom. Of course he did and while doing so caught tha state’s record channel catfish. I personally live on a lake and know for a fact that is one huge catfish. I believe tha biggest catfish I have ever caught was around 19-22 pounds. With tha right bait they aren’t that hard to get ahold of.
This catfish weighed in at 21 pounds and 1 ounce. This catch was reported on August 5th in the Winston-Salem Journal in eastern Wilkes County. Tha catch has been certified as a record by the North Caroline Wildlife Resources Commission. I wonder if he will or has gotten anything for this record?
David Hayes has been fishing with his granddaughter in tha pond located behind his home since she was just big enough to hold a fishing pole. While reeling in, Hayes said that his granddaughter was worried about her pole breaking because of tha size of tha fish. Image seeing that little pole bend as your reeling and wondering whats on tha other end.
Tha fish was caught on a 6 pound test line and was 32 inches long which is 2 inches longer than tha Barbie Rod. What a great catch!!
