Noodling

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:08 am

Watching a little TV and seen these 2 guys from oklahoma fishing for catfish by sticking their hands down hols and hoping a catfish bites them.

These catfish can get 100+ pounds and apparently people have been pulled under and have died. These 2 guys then go on to tell us that its not the 100+ pound catfish you have to worry about, its the copperheads, snapping turtles, beavers, and muskrats.

Has anyone here noodled? Tell me your story here I really want to try this if I go south.

ohiogsp · Post by **ohiogsp** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:12 am

You do know this is a dog forum right?

We do this up here in northern ohio in the rivers. Here it is the snapping turtles that are bad. We don't usually get 100lb fish more like 20 to 50lbs. Catfish meat is really good soak it in milk with lots of salt for a least a day. Then fry it or smoke it. Smoking it is really good because it is a fatty meat. Just go out to a river and put your hand in the holes in the rocks on the bottom. You are sure to catch something.

Yawallac · Post by **Yawallac** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:15 am

...and apparently people have been pulled under and have died.

Oh brother...

Post by **kninebirddog** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:16 am

Stupid ......wasn't tattooed across my forehead

I have seen some of those shows ..those guys all sound like they rode the short bus to school

Birdhunter1 · Post by **Birdhunter1** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:20 pm

I've done it, the biggest I ever hauled in was about a 25 pounder.

If you really want to know what a fight is take a big pair of vise grips and clamp them aroudn your arm above your wrist and then attach a large weight and thrw your arm around..... while standing in water.

Believe it or not it is kinda fun.

<<FYI..I rode the long bus to school!>>

Post by **kninebirddog** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:54 pm

ROTFLMAO

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:16 pm

LOL " I rode the long bus to school" thats awsome.

Post by **ezzy333** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:36 pm

I know people who do but I just never felt the need to do something that stupid. I've seen a few broken fingers and scraped up arms. Just doesn't look like that much fun to me.

Ezzy

12 Volt Man · Post by **12 Volt Man** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:55 pm

What??? There is long buses?

markj · Post by **markj** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:47 am

Why noodle when you can build yer own "box"? Use a long wood box, put small holes in it so it will sink after you add some rocks, a large hole up front so they can get in and sit. You come along, put hands inside hold so he dont get out, snag him by the gills and pull him out. Used in deep holes on the platte and elkhorn around here will get you some in the 35 to 70 lb. range at the right time of the year

aint gonna tell all tho

we will be smoking up some this weekend for Lent

got orders from folks that have had it in past years. It is real tastey. Folk that hate fish will taste it and grab a whole fillet

only fish some will eat right outta my smoker we built some years ago.. the missouri is shallow now but I dont catfish there, let them recover from the commercial guys over fishing.

txtrigger2003 · Post by **txtrigger2003** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:55 pm

Someone got me a gag gift one time: a DVD titled "Girls Gone Grabblin'" Seriously -- check it out at http://www.catfishgrabblers.com/

Grabblin' is apparently another name for Noodling. Take a tough fella to tame them grabblin' gals! :laughing6:

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:30 pm

hey, the snapping turtles are just as good to eat as the catfish. better i think.

Post by **Ayres** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:33 pm

Wagonmaster wrote:hey, the snapping turtles are just as good to eat as the catfish. better i think.

While I agree, I do think it would not be very much fun to catch a snapper with this type of "fishing."

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:49 pm

hey, what is a finger or two or five. fair trade for a good supper, ain't it?

they had a great show about this on public TV about three weeks ago. a documentary about a big noodling contest, complete with weigh-ins, etc.

ohiogsp · Post by **ohiogsp** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:09 pm

We get some huge snappers around here. I make a killer snapper soup it is kind of like new england clam chouder. Now I have to go eat supper.

draebi · Post by **draebi** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:36 am

Ryan,
I have been known to do a little noodling myself whenever I could talk to short bus busdriver into dropping me off at the river.

Seriously if you come down to Oklahoma sometime during the summer let me know and I will try to let you see what it is like to get ahold of a big old catfish in his environment. I took one of my buddies out for the first time couple of summer ago and he pulled an 87 pound flathead out from under a big log, I think he was starting to wonder if he had ahold of it or it had ahold of him.

The conditions have to be right; weather, level of the river, my schedule, etc. but may be able to make it work if you are in the area at the right time. Too bad noodling season does not coincide with quail and pheasant season or we could make a really fun weekend out of it. Ryan

Post by **Ayres** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:19 pm

Welcome to the board draebi. Is your name Ryan too?

draebi · Post by **draebi** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:13 am

Ayres,
Thanks for the welcome. Yes my name is also Ryan. I have been reading the forum for a while now and have been trying to learn as much as I can. I have been hunting my whole life basically but am just now starting to train my first bird dog on my own. Thanks, Ryan