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 ...

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 ...

Missouri bans hand fishing, but aficianados seek to keep wrestling huge catfish. July 29, 2007 — -- In the wild, wild Midwest, people who call themselves "noodlers" are catching massive catfish ...

SELMA, Iowa (AP) --- Wildlife officials have seized 174 pounds of catfish fillets from the home of a 28-year-old Iowan who was arrested with three others for illegally fishing by hand. The Iowa ...

Who caught the biggest catfish by hand in south-central Oklahoma? People from all over the world make the pilgrimage to celebrate the sport every... The latest from the Oakie Noodling Tournament, ...

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