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Noodling. A man with a fish caught by noodling. Map of the US states where noodling is legal in some form. Enrique Serrano with a 60 lb (27 kg) catfish caught by noodling, on June 18, 2015. Noodling is fishing for catfish using one's bare hands or feet, and is practiced primarily in the southern United States.
The film documents "noodling", the practice of wading in murky water and reaching into dark holes in the attempt to catch a catfish, a dangerous practice that often causes noodlers to lose fingers and toes. The method is hundreds of years old, [citation needed] and the documentary also examines the subculture surrounding handfishing,
August 7, 2011. (2011-08-07) –. August 5, 2013. (2013-08-05) Hillbilly Handfishin' is an American reality television show about noodling, the sport of fishing for catfish using only bare hands and feet. The series aired on Animal Planet from August 7, 2011 to August 5, 2013. The show starred Oklahoma fishermen Skipper Bivins and Trent Jackson ...
When is the 2024 Okie Noodling Tournament and Festival? The hand-fishing competition will occur June 14-15 at Wacker Park in Pauls Valley. Noodlers will begin fishing on Friday at 6 a.m. before ...
The channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), known informally as the "channel cat", is North America's most abundant catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Tennessee. The channel catfish is the most fished species of catfish in the United States, with around 8 million anglers angeling them per year
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes / s ɪ ˈ lj ʊər ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to ...
The flathead catfish grows to a length of 155 cm (61 in) [8] and may weigh up to 55.79 kg (123.0 lb), [9] making it the second-largest North American catfish (after the blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus). [9] More commonly, adult length is about 15–45 inches (38–114 cm). [6] Its maximum recorded lifespan is 28 years. [10]
Keita Tanida of Japan celebrates with his catfish on the stage during the Okie Noodling Tournament in Pauls Valley, Okla., Saturday, June, 15, 2024.