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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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s her first time reaching into the muddy water to grab a catfish by hand, and what happens next will blow you away. The moment that fish bites back, her reaction says everything. This is catfish ...

Noodling, which is when one catches catfish with their bare hands, is legal in Louisiana as of Monday. Not like that’s stopped anyone before. On a hot July afternoon at Caney Lake in Chatham, a small ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When you feel the inclination to wade into a muddy lake or river, dive under the water, and run your hands into a dark, murky hole submerged on the bank you can now do so in West ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The noodlers are revolting! And their uprising is being felt all the way from rural streams -- where they plunge bare-knuckled after big catfish -- to the Missouri Statehouse. Noodling ...

Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part story on the Okie Noodling tournament in Oklahoma at the end of June. To read Part II, Click here. Lee McFarlin is one of the legends of Oklahoma catfish ...

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 ...