6-Year-Old Girl Hooks Giant Halibut

[crash1371]

Nice fish for little girl

http://www.gnn.com/article/6-year-old-girl...t-fish%2F529492

[anchorout]

Nice fish for little girl

http://www.gnn.com/article/6-year-old-girl...t-fish%2F529492

Nice story, cute child with a lasting memory.

Looks like it's cold there now! Yikes!!

[Trollnheel]

May not be a mermaid, but a memory that will stay with her forever!

[schoolsout]

nice job, but one question remains....and it always does

When I see small kids at awards ceremonies that caught big fish with huge reels accepting awards as they caught fish all by themselves, I always wonder about that. Now, I know many kids that can and do do that all by themselves, but I'm talking about small tykes...

this article says she had help from her father, but still credits her with the catch. I don't understand that part.

[jamisjockey]

As long as she's not being credited with an IGFA record, what's the harm in crediting her with the catch, even with daddy's help?

[schoolsout]

it was a tournament

how can she be credited with the catch when she had help?

[paul h]

The Homer halibut derby is an all summer long event, I wouldn't call it a tournament. While I understand question people being assisted landing fish, what is the difference between someone helping you reel the fish, and someone helping you by taking you out on their boat and using their sounder to find the fish?

There are plenty of adults that are assisted reeling their fish.

[schoolsout]

The Homer halibut derby is an all summer long event, I wouldn't call it a tournament. While I understand question people being assisted landing fish, what is the difference between someone helping you reel the fish, and someone helping you by taking you out on their boat and using their sounder to find the fish?

There are plenty of adults that are assisted reeling their fish.

the angler catches the fish

why not pass the rod off to each member on the boat and pick a straw at whoever will say they "caught" it. If there is a junior category, say the junior caught it...if there is a ladies category, say the ladie caught it...blah blah blah.

[jamisjockey]

Oh sweet baby zombie jesus. I thought this wasn't THT where people nitpick every little ###### thing.

So what if the dad helped a little? Ever help your kid reel in a bluegill? You still told your friends he caught the ###### thing.

[Dan in Alaska]

When fish get that big, they get promiscuous.......everyone gets a turn.