Noodling has been going on for decades. I'm originally from southern Missouri and some of my relatives used to noodle back in the 50's and 60's.
Now you know why I went into the military at such a young age. With relatives like mine, you had to escape somehow.
I never did try noodling, but I remember watching my uncle and cousins catch large flathead catfish that way.
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I don't look down on them either, heck I'm related to folks just like those in the articles.
I just think you got to have just a little problem with logic if you're willing to stick your hand down a very large fishes mouth for fun.
I've fished a lot of those same waters and there are very big snakes, snapping turtles and other animals that are looking forward to taking a hunk of flesh off a human (I've heard we taste just like chicken).
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AZURE WISH
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I think I will stick with the hooks
cuz if we taste like chicken we do make really good bait...
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I've seen WOMEN [on TV] doing this too! YIKES!! They're braver than ME!
Hey lymedad...I'm in Southern Missouri!
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First time I saw a 'noodling' show I thought it was especially intriguing. Never thought of such things happening.
In the 'old' days they used to call it stump fishing here. They moved real slow, felt a cat and caught it by its gills. Story is there was one so big it threw two guys over in the water.. Course it was in a shallow creek,,,so anything is 'possible'.(Also remeber this is a 'FISH' story.
Will check out those noodling links later when I have an extra second to do just that!!!--jd--
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I was born and raised in Jackson County Mo. My aunt and uncle owned a fishing camp on Bull Shoals in the late '50s & '60s. We also used to fish on Lake of the Ozarks and the Blue & Little Blue Rivers.
It's been about a 100 years since I was back there, but I still have really great memories of those days.
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I was born and raised in southern Jackson County Mo. My aunt and uncle owned a fishing camp on Bull Shoals in the late '50s & '60s. We also used to fish on Lake of the Ozarks and the Blue & Little Blue Rivers.
It's been about a 100 years since I was back there, but I still have really great memories of those days.
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