Shark bustin’ with a Barbie fishing rod
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Forgive me for posting this, but you must see it. My thanks to John Merwin, Fishing Editor at Field & Stream, for pointing this out: a tournament-rules catch and release of a 100-some-pound blue shark on a Barbie fishing rod made for sunfish, this past summer off Martha’s Vineyard:
The shark was properly released and it wasn’t exhausted, so the 30-inch Barbie rod has enough backbone for small sharks. Who ever would have guessed?
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In (I think) 2007, there was a report of a North Carolina man, out bluegilling with his 5-year old grandaughter, who caught a 29 lb, 13 oz channel catfish, as he tended the girl’s Barbie rod while she took a potty break. It was a state record fish, that took 20 minutes to land. Which leads to the question: what kind of line do they string those things with, anyhow?