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 ...

Catching catfish by hand; musky fishing on Cave Run Lake; farm pond management. Catching catfish by hand; musky fishing with a family on Cave Run Lake; pond fishing and farm pond management. Kentucky ...

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 ...

A couple of Texas fishermen used a hands-on method to pull in what may turn out to be an all-time record flathead catfish. Justin White and Drew Moore were noodling at Lake Tawakoni, known as “The ...

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 ...

In Louisiana, some people like to fish by sticking their arm into murky water, feeling around for a catfish, and grabbing them by the mouth. A new law legalizing it goes into effect Aug. 1. And now to ...