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Noodling Is the American art of catching large fish with your bare hands...

Some of you Americans are just plain weird man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodling

Not just any fish, but American Catfish.

My son-in-law caught one that was almost as big as he was.

LarsMac;1402252 wrote: Not just any fish, but American Catfish.

My son-in-law caught one that was almost as big as he was. Did he noodle It ?

Yes, he did.

It's his favorite method of catching Catfish.

LarsMac;1402255 wrote: Yes, he did.

It's his favorite method of catching Catfish. Blimey !!!!

The next time I'm arrested or ask my job description on a form, I'm putting ' Noodler'...

In my state of Kansas, for the most part that is illegal.

Reason is simple, we do not want to waste our resources saving some fool pulled under by a fish.

I can imagine, at the funeral the unsaid jokes (till later)

oscar: Some of you Americans are just plain weird man.

Got that right! At least this is benign. Except for the fish.

tude dog;1402260 wrote: In my state of Kansas, for the most part that is illegal.

Reason is simple, we do not want to waste our resources saving some fool pulled under by a fish.

I can imagine, at the funeral the unsaid jokes (till later) Here In England, we don't noodle anything. Well, maybe some noodles with a beef chow mein but I've just watched a TV programme about the world noodling competition.

My eyes have been truely opened due to another TV prog we get about America called ' Swamp People'...

Swamp People — History.com TV Episodes, Schedule, & Video

Makes me glad to be British frankly...... life seems so much easier without having to noodle a giant catfish or wrestle an alligator In a swamp.

I'll stick to my pot of tea and buttered crumpets Thankyou.

Some of us Americans think some Americans are just plain weird too, man.

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along-for-the-ride;1402267 wrote: Some of us Americans think some Americans are just plain weird too, man.

:wah:


That is so true.

When I was a teenager me and my friends used to noodle for sturgeon in the Kootenai river. One guy would be on the bridge where he could see the fish coming up river. He would guide the others in behind the fish where you could sneak up on them and grab them by the tail. I grabbed a 3 or 4 ft fish one day and he came out of the water thrashing. He whipped around and hit me in the side of the head. It was like being hit by a large sock full of rocks. Worst beating I EVER had. I never did it again. No way would I ever go after catfish.

I think it is also illegal in some states because if you take the fish from its hole the eggs are unprotected.

Who was tye nutter that first discovered it as a method of catching a fish --I'll just stick my hand ion this hole and see what grabs it

We go in for guddlling usually for trout. also known a tickling as you literally tickle them. Used to do it as a kid.

Trout tickling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Who was tye nutter that first discovered it as a method of catching a fish"

Bubba the good old boy.

gmc;1402291 wrote: Who was tye nutter that first discovered it as a method of catching a fish --I'll just stick my hand ion this hole and see what grabs it

We go in for guddlling usually for trout. also known a tickling as you literally tickle them. Used to do it as a kid.

Trout tickling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia My husband has tickled a wild salmon In the past.

You said exactly what my thoughts were upon seeing Noodlers In this programme. Considering some catfish are so large, you're In danger of being sucked In, who thought... Yep, I'm going to stick my hand In this hole and see what happens'... especially considering the reason they're In the hole Is because they're protecting their eggs.

Then I watched something else about noodling sharks.....

Meanwhile... over on the Swamp People programme, there's people wrestling alligators for fun.