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 ...

The 2024 Okie Noodling Tournament and Festival in Pauls Valley is this weekend offering participants the opportunity to compete in catching catfish with just their hands. Here's what to know about the ...

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.

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 ...

No experience, murky water, and no idea what would bite first. This video shows a true beginner’s first catfish noodling ...

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 ...

Noodling is the art of catching catfish with your bare hands. Although it may not sound like it, the activity is actually a sport - and can be a dangerous one at that. The activity has been prohibited ...

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.