http://clipmarks.com/clipper/darnyte/sort/latest-comments/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/darnyte/sort/latest-comments/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E493A294-FF39-4829-A521-FB0747F70B11/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/darnyte/">darnyte</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_fe_st/odd_barbie_fishing_record" title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_fe_st/odd_barbie_fishing_record">news.yahoo.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> ELKIN, N.C. - <SPAN id="lw_1219370493_0" class="yshortcuts">David Hayes' granddaughter</SPAN> just ask him to hold her Barbie rod and reel while she went to the bathroom. He did. And seconds later he landed the state record <SPAN id="lw_1219370493_1" class="yshortcuts">channel catfish</SPAN> at 21 pounds, 1 ounce. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Alyssa's father had bought the pink Barbie <SPAN id="lw_1219370493_2" class="yshortcuts">fishing rod</SPAN> for <SPAN id="lw_1219370493_3" class="yshortcuts">Christmas</SPAN> and she had caught a few bluegill before her grandfather hauled in the catfish.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The <SPAN id="lw_1219370493_4" class="yshortcuts">Winston-Salem Journal</SPAN> reported the catch Aug. 5 in eastern <SPAN id="lw_1219370493_5" class="yshortcuts">Wilkes County</SPAN> has been certified as a record by the <SPAN id="lw_1219370493_6" class="yshortcuts">North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission</SPAN>.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Hayes and his granddaughter have been fishing in the pond behind his house since she was big enough to hold a pole.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>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.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="mainphoto chunk"> <A target="ss" href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/channel-catfish-David-Hayes/photo//080822/480/f126d7a38f5c4770bd6a60751c21a0b5//s:/ap/20080821/ap_on_fe_st/odd_barbie_fishing_record;_ylt=Aju8SajkWjcRvlJozlDrTCYuQE4F"><IMG height="268" border="0" width="180" alt="In this undated photo released by the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission, 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)" src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080822/capt.f126d7a38f5c4770bd6a60751c21a0b5.aptopix_barbie_fishing_record_ny133.jpg?x=180&y=268&q=85&sig=0QgYmPta2t2_8pAKZBqwlA--" /> </A> <DIV class="source"><A target="ss" href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/channel-catfish-David-Hayes/photo//080822/480/f126d7a38f5c4770bd6a60751c21a0b5//s:/ap/20080821/ap_on_fe_st/odd_barbie_fishing_record;_ylt=Ap9CzvCeropLRp7K7OdpwQ8uQE4F">AP Photo:</A> In this undated photo released by the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission, David Hayes holds... </DIV> </DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_fe_st/odd_barbie_fishing_recordFri, 22 Aug 2008 05:34:56 GMT