Holy Catfish....

[Y_lifter]

I don't know if you are familiar with "noodling", but it is the term for the way Oklahoma guys catch their fish.
In Texas they call it grabbling!

These guys wade out into the river and feel for holes in the river floor.
When they find a catfish hole, they stick their hands in there and pull out these monster catfish.
Here are some pictures I got in an Email of what they come out with.
Think about these dudes the next time your swimming in the river.
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[HUCKLEBERRY FINNaplex]

Holy shit...Noodling is not the smartest sport in the world,even for rednecks.I would bet many a backwoods dude has drowned because of that shit.Nothing like making your fist and forearm the bait for a 100lb flathead.Cats are strong as shit too.

 

[Paulos]

What the fuck, I didn't even know they came that big? JEsus christ.

 

[bigschweeler]

What the fuck, I didn't even know they came that big? JEsus christ.

No shit they're monsters.

What's the largest catfish that's been caught?

 

[ArtsyChic]

God..those are big fucking fish. They don't eat these do they? The meat from these fish would taste horrid...way too strong and musky. From growing up rural, I know the bigger the cat fish, the worse tasting the fish...espiecally from a river cat.

Alicia

 

[ZKaudio]

god that is so disgusting to me...

 

[bigschweeler]

God..those are big fucking fish. They don't eat these do they? The meat from these fish would taste horrid...way too strong and musky. From growing up rural, I know the bigger the cat fish, the worse tasting the fish...espiecally from a river cat.

Alicia

Catfish po-boy.

 

[ariolanine]

WTF?? I smell photoshop.

 

[curling]

ARe those for real?

 

[Lumberg]

That is hard to swallow. Whay aren't they fighting for their lives? They're still halfway in the water, some of them.

 

[Y_lifter]

ARe those for real?

Yes, they get this big and bigger..

Flathead Catfish 139lbs -14oz
Arkansas River 1982 Largest ever Recorded
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[HUCKLEBERRY FINNaplex]

ESPN or Fox Sports had an entire segment dedicated towards noodling a ways back,and those fuckers were jumping off the sides of boats and diving down 10-15 feet to some of these holes.A couple of those dudes almost drowned,and they were only pulling up 50-60 pounders.

 

[the nature boy]

and who says nuclear power and dumping chemicals in the water are bad things???

 

[gtrcivic]

Damn, those sure are some big catfish.. If i caught one that big, first thing i would do is run to the nearest chinese restaurant and sell it to the owner..they would go freaking crazy and buy it for whatever you wanted it for..

Remember back in college my friend and i would go to this trout farm and fish trout at $2/trout.. Get about 10 of them that were about 2 1/2 lbs each and sell it to the local chinese restaurant for $40.... Did this twice every month during the spring semester. Rainbow trout was going for $5/lb... in the grocery store. Good way for beer $$$

 

[TC2]

WTF?? I smell photoshop.

No, they're real, I've personally seen catfish that big.

I've also seen a couple of people almost drown from that shit too.

 

[MFMan]

They do get that big. A friend of mine a few years back caught one swimming down the river. Big sucker. Weighed about 75 pounds.

 

[HumorMe]

I know these catfish are for real but has anybody noticed that none of these guy's hair is wet!

Strange!

 

[Y_lifter]

Originally posted by TC2
No, they're real, I've personally seen catfish that big.
I've also seen a couple of people almost drown from that shit too.

If I had doubts that flathead and blue catfish can get this big and
it was Photoshopped, I would have stated a disclaimer..

Yes, they can get over 100 lbs

 

[casavant]

Holy shit man! Where did you find those pictures at?

But yes, blue catfish and flathead catfish get that big and bigger.


I just wonder how exactly a person goes about noodling for those suckers. How do they know where to find them and stuff? And how do you control one once you get ahold of it and you're in water over your head?

 

[HUCKLEBERRY FINNaplex]

See my above post Cas...Some of the dudes I was watching doing this shit damn near lost their lives.If they didn't have buddys jumping in to their rescue they would have.Anyone who's ever hooked into a big flathead can attest to their power.Strong ass fish.

 

[Y_lifter]

I know these catfish are for real but has anybody noticed that none of these guy's hair is wet!

Strange!

I'm sure the pics were posed after the catch..
Maybe they had blow dryers in their tackle box's

 

[Scarlett33]

WTF?? I smell photoshop.

I doubt it. I once saw one at least that big that scuba divers pulled from the Mississippi. It was a monster.

 

[HUCKLEBERRY FINNaplex]

It will be a matter of time before we hear the next story of,"Man dragged down the Mississippi River bottom for 2 miles and drowned by Killer Catfish".LOL

 

[TC2]

It will be a matter of time before we hear the next story of,"Man dragged down the Mississippi River bottom for 2 miles and drowned by Killer Catfish".LOL

You forgot to add "killer catfish trained by Al Queda"

 

[Scarlett33]

It will be a matter of time before we hear the next story of,"Man dragged down the Mississippi River bottom for 2 miles and drowned by Killer Catfish".LOL

It could happen!

 

[casavant]

ESPN or Fox Sports had an entire segment dedicated towards noodling a ways back,and those fuckers were jumping off the sides of boats and diving down 10-15 feet to some of these holes.A couple of those dudes almost drowned,and they were only pulling up 50-60 pounders.

http://espn.go.com/outdoors/general/columns/sutton_keith/1336494.html

 

[HUCKLEBERRY FINNaplex]

http://espn.go.com/outdoors/general/columns/sutton_keith/1336494.html

LOL,gotta love the terms..."Tickling"..."Dogging"...

 

[Y_lifter]

Great article cas.... thanks

 

[Y_lifter]

Me ... well, I was stupid enough to try hand-grabbing the old-fashioned way. When I reached in that hole, a catfish was home. It didn't bite. It didn't spin. Instead, it shot from the hole like a torpedo from a submarine tube, and smashed square into my chest. Those standing on the bank above me saw lots of bubbles rising to the surface as the air left my lungs. Then they watched, amazed, as a 250-pound man lept from the water and onto shore, much like a migrating salmon ascending a waterfall.

Blood dripped from my arm where the catfish's spines had brushed me.

"What happened?" asked Three-Fingered Jack.

"Something bit me," I said, breathlessly. "A snake or a snapping turtle, maybe. I'm done noodling."

"Ah, c'mon, Stupid" Nubbins said. "We're going over to the Hole-tel on Barksdale Lake. Ain't no snakes or snapping turtles there. Only real big catfish."

I counted my fingers. Ten. I still had all ten.

My noodling adventure ended then and there.

 

[Lumberg]

Ok I believe it now.

Holy Fucking shit.

That is all.

 

[casavant]

Here's a chapter on noodling out of a book that I found on Amazon. It's pretty cool:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...903901?v=glance&s=books&vi=reader#reader-link

It starts on sample page #9.

 

[gmanlax7]

there is an excellent article on this from the book ' Great American Sportswriting 1993 edition'

the book is a collection of short stories and that one is by far the best