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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Along with fly, ice and sport fishing, Iowans would be able to legally catch catfish with their bare hands under a bill being considered by state lawmakers. Noodling — a method of fishing where ...

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 ...

With the afternoon sun beating down on East Texas, Koe Wetzel has decided it’s time to jump off the roof. It’s late June, and Wetzel, with a vodka and soda in hand, is sitting in his boathouse, ...