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PrintMan uses Barbie fishing rod to make record catch
Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:48 PM EDT
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ELKIN — David Hayes' granddaughter just asked him to hold her Barbie rod and reel while she went to the bathroom. He did. And seconds later he landed the state record channel catfish at 21 pounds, 1 ounce.
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.
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.
Hayes and his granddaughter have been fishing in the pond behind his house since she was big enough to hold a pole.
Hayes said 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.
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{"commentId":2535483,"authorDomain":"aine"}
Nice story.
{"commentId":2535483,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"aine"}
- 6 votes
#1 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:18 PM EDT{"commentId":2535557,"authorDomain":"bondibox"}
Agreed, it was a cute story until I read the last line ...
It was 32 inches long, 2 inches longer than the rod.
Then it became downright hilarious.
{"commentId":2535557,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"bondibox"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2535604,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
Hayes said his granddaughter worried he would break her rod.
I can just hear it...
"Grandpa! You're going to break my Barbie pole!"
So nice to have some pleasant, human stories once in a while.
{"commentId":2535604,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2536404,"authorDomain":"roybatty"}
I'll bet people who bought those fancy $500 fishing poles are kicking themselves about now..... heh.
{"commentId":2536404,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"roybatty"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2537722,"authorDomain":"KyanaBelle"}
Nice story.
Naw, this is a great story! I can just imagine him bargaining, as he was fighting this bad boy to the bank, "Pawpaw will buy you a new one if it breaks, I promise!" This man will live on long after he's gone every time his little granddaughter recounts how Grandpappy caught the state record channel cat on her barbie doll fishing pole (with a 6lb test line, no less) and when her kids tell their kids.
I firmly believe these are three of the very best things you can do with a kid: 1.) Read to them then read to them some more 2.) Take them fishing 3.) Get them hooked on genealogy
{"commentId":2537722,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"KyanaBelle"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2563771,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
KyannaBelle, I can hear "Pawpaw will buy you a new one, because, he's going to have to keep this one!"!
{"commentId":2563771,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2563966,"authorDomain":"KyanaBelle"}
I can hear "Pawpaw will buy you a new one, because, he's going to have to keep this one!"!
Yeah, I can hear that too now that you mention it!! LOL!
{"commentId":2563966,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"KyanaBelle"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2564170,"authorDomain":"KyanaBelle"}
I looked at these in a Spongebob version, if I remember correctly. It looked to be a prettied up version of the old Zebco 303s we all learned to fish with when we were kids. The grandsons are about old enough now.
{"commentId":2564170,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"KyanaBelle"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2565592,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
That's pretty much what they are. Something for a beginner to catch a few bream and crappie on. If you take the cover off, you'll probably find plastic gears and drag (brakes).
{"commentId":2565592,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2565606,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
I might just have a yard sale and get rid of my fairly expensive rods and reels, (about 12-15), and go buy 8-10 Spongebob rods. I have caught 6 cats that weighed 18,18,19,21,21,and 35 pounds each. Numerous largemouth bass up to 11 pounds. I think I've been overspending on tackle!!! I probably have 6-7 hundred $'s worth of rods, lures,etc.. I'll see if I can find the picture of the 35 lb. cat. I had the 11 lb. bass mounted, and they tasted mighty good, too!!!
{"commentId":2565606,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2535603,"authorDomain":"smackcover"}
It is hilarious. I guess all those fishing pros don't really need those expensive rods. Don't tell their wives!
{"commentId":2535603,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"smackcover"}
- 9 votes
#2 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:26 PM EDT{"commentId":2535610,"authorDomain":"cmscorpio"}
That is beautiful! I bet that Barbie Rod will boost lots of sales this Christmas judging from the size of that catfish.
{"commentId":2535610,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"cmscorpio"}
- 7 votes
#3 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:26 PM EDT{"commentId":2535633,"authorDomain":"bfbell"}
Yes, a very nice story. A Grandpa and his Granddaughter fishing and he is nice enough to hold her Barbie fishing rod for her. That is toooo sweet.
{"commentId":2535633,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"bfbell"}
- 6 votes
#4 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:28 PM EDT{"commentId":2535800,"authorDomain":"mysticchick"}
My grandpa did something like that when I was five! He spent two hours struggling with a catfish in a local creek. When he finally got the thing out it was about four feet long. He put it in the bathtub to keep it alive long enough to get his photo in the newspaper. It was a bit too long for the bathtub and, if I remember correctly, it gave a mighty heave and flopped out onto the floor.
It tasted like garbage. :-P
{"commentId":2535800,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"mysticchick"}
- 5 votes
#5 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:38 PM EDT{"commentId":2536436,"authorDomain":"wharrison55"}
Big channel cat's mighty fine eatin' Abby. Gotta filet them though. I would have thought NC would have had a much larger state record for this species where 30 to 50lbers aren't uncommon. Our record here in VA is just over 30lbs. Chicken livers left out to ferment in the sun for an afternoon were my favorite bait for these critters when we used to fish for catfish of an evening in the Shenandoah Valley in my youth.
{"commentId":2536436,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"wharrison55"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2536189,"authorDomain":"jcatom"}
The look on his face says it all.
{"commentId":2536189,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"jcatom"}
- 7 votes
#6 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:01 PM EDT{"commentId":2574697,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
Yeah, JC, he looks just a little embarrassed, doesn't he?
{"commentId":2574697,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2574775,"authorDomain":"jcatom"}
Could be overwhelmed with pride...the fish looks heavy...but, yeah. I'm hearing the voice of the narrator from The Wonder Years talking about how great it was that he caught that fish, and then the reality of the Barbie fishing pole sets in with sounds of his brainless friends' cackling laughter.
{"commentId":2574775,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"jcatom"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2585812,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
I think he will carry the weight of this fish story for the rest of his life.
{"commentId":2585812,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2587189,"authorDomain":"roybatty"}
He looks like he's about to cry! Well, I would too.
{"commentId":2587189,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"roybatty"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2536347,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
Great story!
Abby in California, I have caught many species of fresh water fish over the last fifty years. One or both of two things likely affected the taste of your grandpa's catfish (I am hoping it was properly cooked). If it came from predominately muddy water that will greatly affect the taste of a catfish. Second, if not properly cleaned and trimmed, a large "cat" will have a very strong flavor (the same goes for striped bass). I presume it was skinned and filleted. The best way to skin a large cat or any fish big enough to fillet, is to place the fillet skin side down and holding the knife at a 10-20 degree angle,slide it between the skin and flesh from one end to the other. Also on big cats ind some other species, after skinning, there will be a thin layer of noticeably darker flesh. The dark flesh has a much stronger taste than the lighter, and simply needs to be trimmed away. I hope this info is some help to you and others. I have eaten fillets and nuggets from 18 to 40 pound fish, and they were as mild as small fish. If you would like tips on preparing wild game or fish, contact me via my column.
{"commentId":2536347,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
- 3 votes
#7 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:13 PM EDT{"commentId":2536653,"authorDomain":"gatorhater"}
I'll through in my two cents.... When frying, throw in some diced potatoes, with the fish. Potatoes get that lingering taste off the fish, plus you won't get the taste in the potatoes. Don't know why, just does. How big of a pond did this guy have behind his house, to have a channel cat? Or was it stocked at sometime?
Still a heck of a story. I'll have to get my youngest granddaughter one of those poles and take her fishing.
{"commentId":2536653,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"gatorhater"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2563713,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
gatorhater, you might be surprised. I saw a half acre pond drained. There was a 63 pound cat in it. It had been put in the pond some twenty years and fifty pounds earlier!
{"commentId":2563713,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2563897,"authorDomain":"gatorhater"}
I was thinking channel cats had to have running water to spawn. That's what I remember from a visit to those catfish farms in Mississippi.
{"commentId":2563897,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"gatorhater"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2565660,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
There is a 6,000 acre lake near my home. No large tributaries, just a few small creeks. They pump water back into it through 4 pipes, each big enough to drive an 18 wheeler through. They spawn in it, and I have seen them, (blue channel cats), spawn in ponds less than 15 acres each. I have caught two 18 lbs., one 19 lbs., two 21 lbs., and one 35 lbs. blue channel cats in one place, sitting on the bank, of the nearby lake. It is a reservoir for a nuclear power plant. there have been 70-89 lbs. cats caught there. The SC state record for a blue channel cat is (if I remember correctly) about 109 lbs. and was caught out of a river near Charleston, SC.
{"commentId":2565660,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
{"commentId":2565684,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
gatorhater, the first 21 pounder had two pounds of row (eggs) in her!
{"commentId":2565684,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2565930,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
Sorry, that should be spelled roe. Two days ---- no sleep!
{"commentId":2565930,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2536379,"authorDomain":"rickcavender"}
lies... all lies
{"commentId":2536379,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"rickcavender"}
- 1 vote
#8 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:16 PM EDT{"commentId":2548295,"authorDomain":"seward"}
Rick C, please explain your comment #8. Thank you.
{"commentId":2548295,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"seward"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2563677,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
Rick C, The say, you heck.
{"commentId":2563677,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2536961,"authorDomain":"greenpagan"}
Bigfoot catches Old Whiskers…?
"Big fish. No water."
"O fishy fishy fish..."
"Abe Vigoda."
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{"commentId":2536961,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"greenpagan"}
- 2 votes
#9 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:56 PM EDT{"commentId":2537064,"authorDomain":"PeteZaHutt"}
The guy looks like Ned Beatty, I can't help but think of a "Deliverance" fishing trip.
{"commentId":2537064,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"PeteZaHutt"}
- 4 votes
#10 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:03 PM EDT{"commentId":2537183,"authorDomain":"Sim2Luv"}
Hey, I used to go on family outings in the area where "Deliverance" supposedly took place. A few years ago, I got to go swimming and fishing in that same area. Almost made me cry to think of all that beautiful, unspoiled land under all that water...then I got to clean, cook and eat my catch! Yummm!
{"commentId":2537183,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"Sim2Luv"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2538066,"authorDomain":"kimberly-wells"}
I'm not a fishing person. In fact, I have never fished before and have no desire to now. This story was just to cute not to put here.
The look on grandpa's face is priceless.
{"commentId":2538066,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"kimberly-wells"}
- 2 votes
#11 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:10 PM EDT{"commentId":2538606,"authorDomain":"snosage"}
Ah, this is beautiful.
{"commentId":2538606,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"snosage"}
- 2 votes
#12 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:54 PM EDT{"commentId":2539061,"authorDomain":"cmscorpio"}
I'm going fishing on the pier with a Barbie Rod and using a Ken doll as bait!
{"commentId":2539061,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"cmscorpio"}
- 5 votes
#13 - Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:54 AM EDT{"commentId":2550000,"authorDomain":"wharrison55"}
{"commentId":2550000,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"wharrison55"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2570319,"authorDomain":"roybatty"}
Leave it to Bill H to steer this innocent conversation back to politics.
{"commentId":2570319,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"roybatty"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2539120,"authorDomain":"evalou"}
I love this! I know loads of fishermen that are ready to jump up and down on their expensive rods and reels. I bet there is a long line of men at the toy store tomorrow, dragging their grand daughters down the isles. Oh, this is great!
{"commentId":2539120,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"evalou"}
- 3 votes
#14 - Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:02 AM EDT{"commentId":2539136,"authorDomain":"GregsOpinion"}
GREAT !!!!! What a cool story! Chubby little girl...kind of looks like the fish!!! I bet her and her dad are going to fry the fish up with a lot of butter and he's going to drink a lot of beer!!!
Ken Doll as bait? Interesting. I bet Malibu Stacy could land a whale shark!!!!
{"commentId":2539136,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"GregsOpinion"}
- 3 votes
#15 - Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:04 AM EDT{"commentId":2539237,"authorDomain":"Sim2Luv"}
You don't fry fish in butter. Peanut oil is the best for frying fish. Catfish that size are best filleted and cut into strips then fried. If you get to drinking while cooking, you could have a disaster on your hands, so no fish fryer worth his salt is going to be drinking and cooking!
{"commentId":2539237,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"Sim2Luv"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2539924,"authorDomain":"roybatty"}
Catfish are also EXCELLENT when smoked......
{"commentId":2539924,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"roybatty"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2540642,"authorDomain":"bfbell"}
Now why would you comment on the Child.....She is much cuter than the ugly catfish!
{"commentId":2540642,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"bfbell"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2539240,"authorDomain":"GregsOpinion"}
DELIVERANCE!!!! LMAO!!!! Mothers had to cover their kids eyes in that one.
{"commentId":2539240,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"GregsOpinion"}
- 3 votes
#16 - Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:18 AM EDT{"commentId":2540561,"authorDomain":"PeteZaHutt"}
that catfish has a purty mouf.
{"commentId":2540561,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"PeteZaHutt"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2548323,"authorDomain":"seward"}
Another great "Human Interest" story. Thanks for posting it here.
{"commentId":2548323,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"seward"}
- 2 votes
#17 - Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:46 PM EDT{"commentId":2550271,"authorDomain":"kshowe91"}
i love fish tales...
i e-mailed this one to my husband with a promise to write up our story and post it on my page!
{"commentId":2550271,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"kshowe91"}
- 3 votes
#18 - Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:09 PM EDT{"commentId":2563173,"authorDomain":"amdcajun"}
A writer for Field & Stream did an article on fishing with a Barbie rig a year or two ago. He caught all kinds of stuff, even salt water. Kind of a strange article for a magazine which by design tries to push the newest and best equipment. I'll see if I can find a link. Here's the link: Fishing with Barbie
{"commentId":2563173,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"amdcajun"}
- 3 votes
#19 - Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:36 PM EDT{"commentId":2580475,"authorDomain":"cmscorpio"}
They should make the Barbie rods a little bigger for the corn fed kids out in the wilderness. They may catch a baby loch ness monster and win the blue ribbon.
{"commentId":2580475,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"cmscorpio"}
- 3 votes
#20 - Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:17 PM EDT{"commentId":2973837,"authorDomain":"jessicaygentry"}
First off let me say..I love the Elkin area , Wilkes county and North Carolina in general! I have a friend that lives there that I visit often, its about a hour and a half from my house! I bought my daught (3 at the time) a pink Barbie fishing pole and I kid you not when I say that my fiance' used it more than her. They would stand on the banks and take turns pouting over who didn't get to use it. But that lil'sucker could catch more fish than the normal rods!
{"commentId":2973837,"threadId":"336848","contentId":"1771498","authorDomain":"jessicaygentry"}
- 1 vote
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