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Who needs a fishing line when you can just use your hands to grab a catfish? There are still plenty of states where it is totally legal to use your bare hands to nab a catfish out of the water.

The weird, wild and unabashedly Oklahoman sport of noodling, where anglers reach bare-handed into murky shallows to pull out massive catfish, has spawned an annual tournament and remains one of the ...

In Louisiana, some people like to fish by sticking their arm into murky water, feeling around for a catfish, and grabbing them by the mouth. A new law legalizing it goes into effect Aug. 1. And now to ...

HICKORY COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) - The Missouri Department of Conservation has discovered illegal noodling boxes in Pomme de Terre Lake in Hickory County. Agents found the boxes following lower-than-usual ...

A bill to make it legal to go “noodling” for catfish in Iowa lakes, streams and rivers is under consideration in the Iowa House. Representative Ray “Bubba” Sorensen of Greenfield sponsored the bill to ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Just because there’s no equipment involved doesn’t mean you can go noodling for free in Kansas. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) makes it clear the activity known as ...

If I were to flip you the bird left-handed, which I sometimes do to mix things up, you’d notice that my middle finger is crooked, with a bulged knuckle. Why does it look like that? Catfish noodling.

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