85-year old grandma reels in 849 pounds of marlin!

Very cool story from Down Under today...

An 85-year-old Australian woman said she "didn't feel 85" when she reeled in a 849-pound marlin off the north coast of Queensland.

Connie Laurie, a grandmother who said she has been fishing all her life, said she was on a fishing charter trip during the weekend off the coast of Cooktown when she caught, and then released, the hefty marlin, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday.

"I certainly didn't feel 85 when I was bringing it in, I was too busy concentrating on keeping it on and getting it into the boat," she said.

You go Grandma!! Gotta love reading about stuff like this :-)

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Jessica Wanstall and the one that DIDN'T get away!

The big fish in the photo is a nearly 9-foot long catfish weighing 193 pounds.

And that grinning lil' girl holding it is Jessica Wanstall, 11 years old, 4-feet 10-inches tall and weighing 83 pounds. She's the young lady who caught the fish on the River Ebro in Spain.

Bet ya it won't be no ordinary fish tale Jessica tells her mates when she comes back from holiday...

Click here to reel-in the story of Jessica and her record catch!

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Classic SESAME STREET: Bert and Ernie go fishing

It's spring: the perfect time for a lazy afternoon of fishing down at the pond. Bert has his pole and Ernie... has his own methods.

Originally aired during Sesame Street in November 1982, here is the Bert and Ernie "Fish Call" sketch...

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