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| http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/minnesota/barbie-fishing-po...
Cute kid, cute story, pretty sure they didn't use a scale...... |
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Location: Oshkosh | Atleast a 28 in girth on that fish! Good for her.
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Location: Hopefully on the water | Time to change the gear for the WI opener now. Looks like I need some worms and hooks. To her it might have felt like a 100 lbs. Good story and congrats to the little girls first fish. Good to see stories like this instead of all the bad on the news. |
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Location: Twin Cities | Weight is believeable if you also believe that the kid reeled it in....lmao. |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | It's still a cool story... especially when you're just 2-years old. |
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Location: Eagan, MN | I'm sure the little girl played a part in it, and if they want to tell and remember the story that way what's the harm. |
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Location: lake x...where the hell is it? | i think that it is a great story but just goes to show you that the media even lies about the size of fish. cant belive anything you read nowadays! |
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Location: Almond, WI | LLS-
Why do parents lie about the Easter Bunny? I don't know, probably because it's a lot more fun than the truth. One day, if she keeps fishing and learning about fish, the girl will probably realize the biological impossibility of a 30"er weighing 20lbs (according to the formula a 23 1/8" girth) just like the biological impossibility of a bunny rabbit laying chocolate eggs.
Great story, I was pretty excited when I caught my first, a 30"er, and I was 15. I hope she remembers it! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I bet the reporter got it wrong. That's possible...right? |
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| Only the muskie world can ridicule a 2 year old who catches a muskie....seriously impressive....BR |
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| Did someone say the easter bunny is fake? They did say that the grandpa reeled it in not the girl or the mom, but it sounded like she hooked it. Now she can tell her preschool friends that there are "sharks" in Minnesota. Awesome fish story for her to tell her whole life. |
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Location: Home of the 2016 World Series Champion Cubs | Hey wasn't your first Muskie as a kid also a 30" 20lber????
Mine was! And I love Muskie fishing now more than ever! |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | Exactly...
I remember being up at my grandpa's cottage and I swear at 5 years old, I caught a "whale"... at least, that was the expression I used as a kid.
Turned out, there are no whales in Van Ettan Lake in Oscoda, MI... but a 32" Northern may as well be the same thing when you're just 5 years old.
Been hooked ever since. Yes, pun intended. |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Still impressive that the little barbie rod held the fish |
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| JakeStCroixSkis - 5/19/2010 10:39 AM
Still impressive that the little barbie rod held the fish
The rod was a Thorne Brothers Custom "BARBIE" rated for Night Crawlers up to 3 oz.! 
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| Does that Barbie rod come in an 8'6" XH? |
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| Now I know what I've been doing wrong all these years.
My plan for this year.
1) Barbie pole for the wife
2) Snoopy pole for me
3) Dozen crawlers and bobbers
4) Sit back on lounge chair and enjoy
5) PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
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Location: Maple Grove, MN | This is a great example of the value of stocking Muskies. Many people who catch them accidently have the time of their life. I have talked to many people who have caught Muskies accidently and told me all about it. It is something that whole family will never forget and a memory they will always enjoy.
Now, is that what this sport is all about or what? |
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Location: Nordeast Minneapolis | Dangit... now next winter I'm going to have to figure out how to build fishing rods, because I suddenly *really* want an 8' heavy-action St. Croix blank Snoopy Pole! Hmmm.... |
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| Herb_b - 5/20/2010 1:40 PM
This is a great example of the value of stocking Muskies. Many people who catch them accidently have the time of their life. I have talked to many people who have caught Muskies accidently and told me all about it. It is something that whole family will never forget and a memory they will always enjoy.
Now, is that what this sport is all about or what? :)
RITE ON HERB!! |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | Herb_b - 5/20/2010 1:40 PM This is a great example of the value of stocking Muskies. Many people who catch them accidently have the time of their life. I have talked to many people who have caught Muskies accidently and told me all about it. It is something that whole family will never forget and a memory they will always enjoy. Now, is that what this sport is all about or what? :) Well said! |
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Location: NW WI | BenR - 5/18/2010 7:58 PM
Only the muskie world can ridicule a 2 year old who catches a muskie....seriously impressive....BR
+1!!! |
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Location: Wisconsin | Yeah, don't we have expert photo analysis people here? If a Barbie pole is 24" and if you take the angle of the sun and given that Jupiter is crossing the moon...I would say that fish is about 15lbs. /s
Actually, the parents are on a site saying the fish was probably 7 - 10 pounds, just didn't have a scale and wanted to get the ski back in the water. AND, if she wants to think it's 20 lbs, more power to her, that will just foster a new Muskie Girl for the future. |
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Location: Bonduel WI | not a 20 lb but either way still an impressive story |
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Location: Bonduel WI | not a 20 lb but either way still an impressive story |
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| Super cool story,I can only wish my 2 1/2 yr old daughter can experience the same thing this coming season. But why is anybody on this site even bothered that they mentioned 20 lbs. Who gives a rats behind! Its a 2 year old catching a musky!! Way cooler then any of us have accomplished in a long time! To the girth and weight experts on this site, pull your head out of your rearend one of these days!!!!
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| Its nice to see a few people "get it". |
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Location: Home of the 2016 World Series Champion Cubs | Mr Musky - 5/21/2010 8:20 PM
But why is anybody on this site even bothered that they mentioned 20 lbs. Who gives a rats behind!
Craig
Hmmmm?
Jealousy?
Time for all of you to go out and get fishing. Fish for something, anything. For crying out loud start your angling therapy. Grab your Barbie pole and get to it, ASAP.
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30" 20 pounder