I heard about this driving home last night on the fan 960 and all I could think in my head was 'WTF?!' over and over again as I listened about this crazy 'sport'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodling
Noodling is
fishing for
catfish using only bare hands, practiced primarily in the
southern United States. Many other names, such as
catfisting,
grabbling,
graveling,
hogging,
dogging,
gurgling,
tickling and
stumping, are used in different regions for the same activity. Noodling is currently legal in eleven of the United States.
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The term "noodling", although today used primarily towards the capture of
flathead catfish, can and has been applied to all hand fishing methods, regardless of the method or species of fish sought. Noodling as a term has also been applied to various unconventional methods of fishing, such as any which do not use bait,
rod &
reel,
speargun, etc., but this usage is much less common.
http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/o...s/noodling.htm