My youngest brother called last night. Seems that he and his son were fishing in a (rented) boat at a Missouri State Park -- a former gravel pit, really -- when the kid caught a 65 pound paddlefish (also called a spoonbill). On 10 pound test line, no less. Now, in case you think that this is a fish story, not only are there pictures BUT the catch has been verified by the park biologist and TWO Missouri Conservation Officers. And then he followed up that catch by reeling in two five-pound largemouth bass.

Dad, it should be noted, caught two bluegill....