Something is Fishy about this Story

I saw this story here locally and figured I would share because I find it amusing. Meet David Hayes of Wilkes county, NC who just caught himself a state record channel catfish that weighed over 21 pounds. Now you might say that there is nothing really odd about this (especially in Wilkes County) however this story has a bit of a twist. Call it a Barbie twist if you will. You see it seems that David was fishing along with his three year old granddaughter who was using her Barbie fishing rod. Who knew they even made such a thing? Well the granddaughter asked him to hold her rod and then BAM! The catfish hits and David spends the next 25 minutes trying to reel in this monster fish which turns out to be almost 3 pounds larger than the previous record.
Does anyone else think this is fishy? First of all what kind of fishing line are they rigging on Barbie fishing poles these days that they could handle such a fish? Second how on earth was he able to land that thing without breaking the pole. I don't know how many of you have caught large fish but they put up a heck of a fight. There are regular bass rods out there that the fish would have broken in two. I think this guy was just trying to get some publicity for his state record. It's interesting alright but I am calling this one a tall fish tale. What do you think?

-Doc