Hot pink Barbie rod snags a record fish..

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David Hayes has been fishing since he could walk, and his weapon of choice is an open-face spinning reel with a 6-foot rod.
But Hayes, 56, is a doting grandfather. And that's how he ended up reeling in a 21-pound state record channel catfish with a hot pink 2 1/2-foot Barbie doll rod and reel.

Hayes' 3-year-old granddaughter, Alyssa, leaves her Barbie doll fishing rod and a pink tackle box on his porch so they're handy. She's always asking him to take her fishing, Hayes said.

And so it was on the evening of Aug. 5 in Hayes' backyard in Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina.

Hayes and Alyssa caught crickets for bait and walked to the dock of his private pond with the plastic rig that her daddy got her for Christmas. They hooked the crickets and quickly reeled in two or three small bluegills, Hayes said. But standing over all that water does something to a girl.

"Papa, I have to go potty," Hayes recalled her saying. She handed over her rod and ran.

"The catfish bit just as soon as she got in the house," Hayes said.

As the water started to bubble, he knew he had a biggie.

"Shucks, ain't no way I can hold this," Hayes thought.

The fish made a few runs, taking the line 30 to 40 yards out and then coming back to the dock. Hayes hung on as Alyssa returned to the pond.

"Papa, you're going to break my fishing rod," Hayes said she yelled.

'Small and big'

It took 25 minutes before the catfish gave up the fight. Hayes ran to the edge of the dock with a net and scooped it up. At 32 inches, the fish was almost as tall as his granddaughter. It was 2 inches longer than the pink pole.

"That's small and big," Alyssa said in a phone interview when asked about the fish.

Hayes took his fish to the scales at Thurmond Grocery in Thurmond. It weighed 21 pounds, 1 ounce. A fisheries biologist with the Wildlife Resources Commission certified the record.

Hayes plans to have the catfish mounted, along with the pink rod. Lauren Dougherty, a spokeswoman for Mattel, said she's sending Alyssa a new Barbie rod and reel. Dougherty said she also has a set of Barbie golf clubs for Hayes if he wants them.

The previous record for channel catfish was an 18-pound, 5-ounce specimen caught in August 2007 by Wesley Trucks, a Marine from New Bern, who used a Tsunami rod, Shimano 6500 Bait Runner reel and cut eel as bait, according to the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. He was using deep-sea gear, including 100-pound test line.

"If you use smaller gear, you'll never get a big catfish to the boat," Trucks said in a 2007 news release announcing his record-breaking catch.

Apparently you can, Mr. Trucks.
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I've been fishing with my son and caught a 5lb. catfish with his SpongeBob fishing rod. That was fun so I know he had fun reelling (sp) in that sucker.
 
I hooked about a 40 pound (It was huge but have no idea exact weight) catfish on a Snoopy rod fishing with my cousin in a private pond. We knew it was in there but the odds of it grabbing that POS Snoopy rod was low with about 20 more dudes fishing with us. And we were using minnows using floats to catch the Bass. It was too heavy for me so I let my Hawse of a cous land it. I must have just snagged it? The owner of the pond asked me turn the cat back in. But said he'd been trying to catch it for 2 years and was outdone with a Snoopy rod.:flipoff2:
A co-worker I work with did about the same thing on his son's G.I. Joe rod. Those little rods are NOT to be underrated!!!:wheel:
 
I can catch a lot bigger cats in private ponds than I can in big lakes. Especially when they are fed dogfood daily
 
there's a guy that caught a 61# catfish in Lake Tillery not too long ago. had his picture in the paper. i've heard stories of people saying that around the dam at Badin/Tillery Lakes there are some catfish as big as volkswagons.
 
Do you think Barbie dolls are good or bad for your children?
I am writing a paper about how barbie dolls might be good or bad for children...I do not know which defense I should take and I was wondering if anyone could give me their input on it...Also like talk about stereotypes, the visual image of barbie and how it effects young girls..THANKS for your help!
 
4-5 years ago the state seen a picture of state record channel. It was a pic of a flathead. They opened the channel category back up and said for next fish to be a record had to aleast be 20 lbs. We have caught a 44lb blue and biggest was a 46 lb flattie.
 
solankie said:
Do you think Barbie dolls are good or bad for your children?
I am writing a paper about how barbie dolls might be good or bad for children...I do not know which defense I should take and I was wondering if anyone could give me their input on it...Also like talk about stereotypes, the visual image of barbie and how it effects young girls..THANKS for your help!
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what a wonderful first post...on a 44 forum
 
solankie said:
Do you think Barbie dolls are good or bad for your children?
I am writing a paper about how barbie dolls might be good or bad for children...I do not know which defense I should take and I was wondering if anyone could give me their input on it...Also like talk about stereotypes, the visual image of barbie and how it effects young girls..THANKS for your help!
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*random* for sure

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rockcity said:
barbie dolls good for children? depends on if its boys or girls playing with them :D
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Naw...that's only partially correct. Girls playing with Barbie's=Good. Boys undressing Barbies=Good. Boys playing with Barbie's and trying to match outfits=REEEEEEAL BAD.
 
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