Noodling is when people catch catfish using their hands as both the bait and the hook. It is legal in only 17 states in the U.S. Thousands of people from all over the world make the pilgrimage to ...

The day was getting late, and the flathead catfish inside the holding tank secured to the bed of Nate Williams's maroon F-150 was, much like its captor, only getting more stressed out. It was five ...

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Every noodler has a story. After all, it takes considerable chutzpah to stick your hand down an underwater hole — one that could harbor beavers, snakes or snapping turtles — in hopes that a catfish ...

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 ...

June and July are the prime months for catfish noodling in Oklahoma, although the recent flooding around the state has interrupted much of the hand-fishing. "It is making it a little more tough, ...

You asked for it…they noodled. Brad and special guest Matty Matheson head down to Oklahoma to catch catfish with their bare hands. Join Brad and Matty as they search for catfish in dangerous, murky ...

And now to Louisiana, where some people like to fish by sticking their arms into murky water, feeling around for catfish and grabbing one by the mouth. It's called noodling, and a new law legalizing ...

A question sky divers are always asked is why do you jump out of a perfectly good airplane? The same could be asked of catfish noodlers, a group that steps over a rod and reel to jump into the water ...

ALEX, Oklahoma -- A group of teenagers trying to raise money for their school may end up having to actually shell out hundreds of dollars. The teenagers said they were trying to help raise money for ...