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 ...

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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.

In the deep South and parts of the Midwest, there exists an extreme type of fishing that has nurtured devotees and opponents alike. Noodling involves the catching of massive catfish — creatures that ...

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DES MOINES — 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 ...

LAKE OZARK, Mo. — Two Missouri men have been charged after using an illegal technique to catch catfish in the Lake of the Ozarks. Agents with the Missouri Department of Conservation recently received ...

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Three years after Texas legalized bare-handed fishing for catfish - known as noodling - officials are wondering how the state can help. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department unveiled a survey ...

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