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.

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.

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 country's largest noodling contest and festival kicks off Friday, June 14 in Pauls Valley and goes through Saturday, June 15. Noodling is catching catfish with just your hands, and it is News On 6 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Here in Texoma, we’re blessed with a myriad of lakes and rivers, and in those bodies of water are a ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Just because there’s no equipment involved doesn’t mean you can go noodling for free in Kansas. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) makes it clear the activity known as ...

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 ...

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders loves to fish for bass and recently spent time riding all-terrain vehicles on his ranch in Texas during his team’s bye week last week. But there are a few things ...

A bill to make it legal to go “noodling” for catfish in Iowa lakes, streams and rivers is under consideration in the Iowa House. Representative Ray “Bubba” Sorensen of Greenfield sponsored the bill to ...

Fishing duo Cole & Jay use shrimp as bait for catfish noodling, resulting in a successful harvest and a delicious fried fish sandwich. Trump threatens Netflix with ‘consequences’ over rice board seat ...