I Bet This Fish Was Pissed When He Saw the Pole

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Estonut · #1 Post by **Estonut** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:29 pm

Man uses Barbie fishing rod to make record catch

silvercamaro · #2 Post by **silvercamaro** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:36 pm

This story cracks me up. I hope the Mattel company will send the granddaughter tons of Barbie stuff to say thank you for the great publicity for their products.

Estonut · #3 Post by **Estonut** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:42 pm

Fishermen can get really superstitious. I wonder how many will venture into the Barbie section of their nearest toy store.

TheConfessor · #4 Post by **TheConfessor** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:44 pm

It sounds like a good investment for $10.97 at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare%C2%AE ... d_sbs_sg_1

Estonut · #5 Post by **Estonut** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:04 am

This may turn out like the Bigfoot story. The Amazon page lists the pole at 5 feet long. The news article says it was 30" long. Amazon says it is a "2-piece rod and reel set". The writer of the ad may have meant that the rod is a 2-piecer.

The more interesting thing I noticed while comparing the 2 pictures was the position of Grampa's right hand. Now that may be the proper way to hold a big fish (I wouldn't know), but I wonder if he "noodled" that catfish and told the kid that he caught it with her pole. Stories like that can get away from one these days.