Muskie anglers everywhere are gnashing their teeth in jealousy...

From the story on Fox9.com:

A muskie, a two-year-old girl and a Barbie fishing pole combined for the greatest fishing story of the 2010 Minnesota walleye opener. 2-year-old Ella was fishing with her grandparents at Round Lake near Randall, Minnesota on Saturday when she reeled in the big one. Ella, who comes from a long line of anglers, had never caught a fish until Saturday. She caught her first fish at Round Lake not with the star plastic lure on the Barbie fishing pole, but with a hook and worm. "Ella had her sunfish on and she's reeling it in," her mom, Carrie Haag, said. "Here comes this big muskie that went and ate her sunfish. So I grabbed the pole and yelled for grandpa David." Grandpa grabbed a net and soon they landed a 30-inch muskie weighing in at a little under 20 lbs -- a fish bigger than the fisherman who caught it. The Barbie fishing pole survived it all and little Ella was so excited, she said the first thing that came to her mind -- "I caught a shark." After snapping a photo, the family snapped the line and let the muskie go.

So much for fish of 10,000 casts...

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from ohiodeerhunter wrote 2 years 1 week ago

Always happens like this it seems. Years ago,while fishing at friends cottage on a small lake about 200 miles north of Toronto,my little sister was using a Zebco 77 childs fishing rod,worm and bobber,and she caught a 7 and a half pound smallmouth.The rest of us,with our hundreds of dollars worth of gear did no better than a 3 pounder.

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from RANGERMANZ20 wrote 2 years 1 week ago

Great Story i love when kids catch the big fish. Last year my 14 year old daughter was whitebass fishing with me in Kansas and caught a 40LB buffelo, we released it after a 20 minute fight.

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from 86Ram wrote 2 years 1 week ago

Congrats to the young lady it's truly the catch of a lifetime!

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from Ruckweiler wrote 2 years 1 week ago

"I caught a shark!" She needs to meet Julie Ball. Funny story. Way to go, darling.

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from jersey pig wrote 2 years 6 days ago

fantastic! great for the kid!

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from crappieman wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

id have loved to see the girls face when it hopped on that sunfish

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from ohiodeerhunter wrote 2 years 1 week ago

Always happens like this it seems. Years ago,while fishing at friends cottage on a small lake about 200 miles north of Toronto,my little sister was using a Zebco 77 childs fishing rod,worm and bobber,and she caught a 7 and a half pound smallmouth.The rest of us,with our hundreds of dollars worth of gear did no better than a 3 pounder.

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from RANGERMANZ20 wrote 2 years 1 week ago

Great Story i love when kids catch the big fish. Last year my 14 year old daughter was whitebass fishing with me in Kansas and caught a 40LB buffelo, we released it after a 20 minute fight.

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from 86Ram wrote 2 years 1 week ago

Congrats to the young lady it's truly the catch of a lifetime!

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from Ruckweiler wrote 2 years 1 week ago

"I caught a shark!" She needs to meet Julie Ball. Funny story. Way to go, darling.

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from jersey pig wrote 2 years 6 days ago

fantastic! great for the kid!

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from crappieman wrote 1 year 51 weeks ago

id have loved to see the girls face when it hopped on that sunfish

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