This is from the same show that I got the giant fresh water gar video on the History Channel. Lee McFarland is a nutjob (I say that with complete fondness, I like guys like this) from Stillwater, OK (which I have visited) that fishes with his hands for very large catfish. Here is a little description of this type of fishing:
Noodling is a southern US practice of fishing for catfish using only bare hands. Many other names, such as catfisting, grabbling, graveling, hogging, dogging, tickling and stumping, are used in different regions for the same activity. Noodling is currently legal in eleven states.[1].
The term “noodling”, although today used primarily towards the capture of flathead catfish, can and has been applied to all hand fishing methods, regardless of the method or species of fish sought. Noodling as a term has also been applied to various unconventional methods of fishing, such as any which do not use bait, rod & reel, speargun, etc., but this usage is much less common.
Tags: Catfish Noodler, History Channel, Lee McFarland
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