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 day was getting late, and the flathead catfish inside the holding tank secured to the bed of Nate Williams's maroon F-150 was, much like its captor, only getting more stressed out. It was five ...

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 ...

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 myriad of catfish. In this installment of On the Clock, we traveled to ...

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 ...

(CBS/What's Trending) - Have you committed the criminal act of noodling? (It's not as dirty as it sounds, so get your mind out of the gutter.) The fine illegal sport of noodling, which will cost you a ...

June and July are the prime months for catfish noodling in Oklahoma, although the recent flooding around the state has interrupted much of the hand-fishing. "It is making it a little more tough, ...

The Capitol’s dome is seen during the first day of the legislative session at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Jan. 13. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of ...

Noodling, which is when one catches catfish with their bare hands, is legal in Louisiana as of Monday. Not like that’s stopped anyone before. On a hot July afternoon at Caney Lake in Chatham, a small ...

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 ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay catch a giant surprise while pool noodling catfish. Zac Taylor upset for officials pausing ...