Noodling... wth??

[TheU]

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.[1]
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

[Jayems]

I'm pretty sure catfisting is illegal, even in the southern states.

[bcb]

stupid fish

[nickerjones]

meh , been there done that..CatfisHing not fisting that is.. however it is quite unnerving thinking now , that anything could have been in those holes.

[burn_this_city]

I watched Chef Ramsey doing this on the F word or whatever his other show is called. His kept getting away, but the other yokles were pretty guud at catchin dem fishes.