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Toy Rod Lands Record Catch

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

File this under the ‘you gotta be kidding me’ column…

A 3 yr old girl in North Carolina asked her grandfather to hold her Barbie fishing pole so she could go to the bathroom… in the few minutes she was gone he landed a state record breaking, 21 lb channel catfish on the toy rod!

Just think, if she just could have held it a few minutes more… :-)

You can read all about it here…


David Hayes holds his state record-breaking channel catfish while his three-year-old granddaughter Alyssa holds the Barbie rod and reel that Hayes used to reel in the 21-pound, 1 ounce fish in Elkin, N.C. (AP Photo/N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission)

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