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.

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.

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 ...

This Oklahoma couple learned the sex of their baby by noodling a catfish. — -- This Oklahoma couple learned the sex of their baby through a new twist on a Southern tradition -- catching a catfish ...

When a big flathead catfish bites your hand, your buddies wading nearby can feel the thump reverberate through the water. That unmistakable sound indicates a few things. First, the catfish hole you ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Just because there’s no equipment involved doesn’t mean you can go noodling for free in Kansas. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) makes it clear the activity known as ...

Along with fly, ice and sport fishing, Iowans would be able to legally catch catfish with their bare hands under a bill being considered by state lawmakers. Noodling — a method of fishing where ...

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 ...

A bill to make it legal to go “noodling” for catfish in Iowa lakes, streams and rivers is under consideration in the Iowa House. Rep. Ray “Bubba” Sorensen, R-Greenfield, sponsored the bill to have the ...