Noodling, also known as “hand fishing,” “grabbing,” “hogging” or “tickling,” is a means of catching a catfish using your hands insread of the traditional rod and reel.

Chandler’s Caleb Willhite was an impressionable 13-year-old when he was first introduced to noodling back in the dark days. He loved to catfish, but was never catching the big ones like one of ...

Codie Carlson from Newport, Michigan, broke Michigan's flathead catfish record while bowfishing at Plum Creek in Monroe ...

The big fish you want to fry? You're aiming for the flathead catfish; it's considered one of the most vicious game fish. Yeah, I know what you're thinking: It must just be a southern thing.

Each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday through July 31, “Mudcats” is being filmed at the Rock-A-Way Tavern in Guthrie, where weigh-ins are being held each tournament day after 4 p.m.

Each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday through July 31, “Mudcats” is being filmed at the Rock-A-Way Tavern in Guthrie, where weigh-ins are being held each tournament day after 4 p.m.

State Sen. Rich Taylor, D-Mount Pleasant, who admits to noodling catfish as youth when he was unaware of the legal consequences, sponsored Senate File 27, which is probably dead for the 2015 ...

Each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday through July 31, “Mudcats” is being filmed at the Rock-A-Way Tavern in Guthrie, where weigh-ins are being held each tournament day after 4 p.m.

The first (and last) time I went noodling for catfish, when my companions urged me to insert my hand in a dark underwater hole to feel for a catfish. Noodling is the most ancient form of catting.

Noodling is defined by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation as the taking of nongame fish and catfish using only the hands. It can also be called handfishing or grappling.

Each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday through July 31, “Mudcats” is being filmed at the Rock-A-Way Tavern in Guthrie, where weigh-ins are being held each tournament day after 4 p.m.

Each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday through July 31, “Mudcats” is being filmed at the Rock-A-Way Tavern in Guthrie, where weigh-ins are being held each tournament day after 4 p.m.