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bare hands (noodling)

reviewed by magellan

Noodling is a southern US practice of fishing for catfish using only bare hands. 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 states.[1].

magellan
05/01/2009

bare hands (noodling) 2

I watched a segment about "Noodling" on Manswers last night and it looks pretty hard core. The Catfish get absolutely huge - like over a hundred pounds huge.

When the catfish realizes it is not eating a tasty worm but a human arm, it understandably tries to drown the noodler.

According to Manswers (which is my top source for noodling related facts and figures), Noodling is the most dangerous type of fishing in the world - even more dangerous than commercial fishing with around 70 deaths per year due to noodlers unable to keep their head above the water when the catfish realizes the doublecross.

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sperryc commented 210 days ago.
The term noodling really doesn't do this sport justice.
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