Welcome to BackYardAngler! Here you’ll find information about your favorite fish, and your favorite fishing hole and even a recipe for your catch every now and then! Fishing stories are WELCOME here!
What better way to start off than with my favorite fishing story of last year!
A backyard angler from North Carolina snags a record fish with his granddaughter’s Barbie fishing pole!

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David Hayes was fishing in his backyard pond with his granddaughter. Just spending a nice relaxing afternoon bonding and fishing with his granddaughter.
Seems the little one needed to make a potty run back to the house and asked her loving Grandpa to hold her fishing pole, her pink Barbie fishing pole.
It must have been a lucky pink Barbie fishing pole because just seconds later a state-record channel catfish BIT. It took David a little while to reel the monster fish in. It tipped the scales at a whopping 21 pounds and one ounce. A verifiable North Carolina state record!
I think David Hayes must be a master fisherman. Takes a lot of skill to reel in a whopper with a regular pole, much less one meant for a little girl.
Kudos to you, David Hayes, for catching the big one and for instilling the love of fishing in another generation!