Noodling..

[ATM]

Thanksgiving is a big noodling day for me.

 

[hooky]

Thanksgiving is a big noodling day for me.

Egg, extra wide?

 

[MrYesterday]

Egg, extra wide?

Amish, with beef... nom nom

 

[Zoub]

I was exposed to snakes, snappers and gators before noodling and I can't overcome the thought of the first three. I was young when I first saw it and would watch my much older cousin do it in the Wabash when we visited Indiana.

Of course, a few close encounters with snakes at eye level when I was young are probably the real issue but hell no, I don't noodle!

I work with a guy we call "The 9 fingered shop teacher." That is because he is a retired shop teacher with 9.5 fingers. Who wants to hang out at the bait shop and be known as "Ol' 9 finger noodles."

 

[Mgderf]

I know a few people that go noodling here in indiana. right on the walbash river

What do they do with them? PLEASE tell me they're not eating them! From the Wabash!!?!

 

[Bapak2ja]

Hey now...
It's only illegal if you get caught

No, it is illegal whether you get caught or not. The law is only a problem if you get caught.

 

[Zoub]

What do they do with them? PLEASE tell me they're not eating them! From the Wabash!!?!

Poop in water is not an issue in terms of consuming fish. Heavy metals are the bigger issue to watch out for and the DNR lists what waters are safe to eat from and which should be limited or avoided all together.

 

[MrYesterday]

There's $**t and **** in every body of water (only difference is concentrations from which type of animal lol), and catfish are some of the dirtiest fish you'll find... but they still taste amazing.

 

[Zoub]

There's $**t and **** in every body of water (only difference is concentrations from which type of animal lol), and catfish are some of the dirtiest fish you'll find... but they still taste amazing.

EXACTLY! So washing the fillets to prevent crosscontamination is one thing, swallowing mercury and DDT is another!

Still not using my hands to find them or as bait.

Now on a similar note, years ago a Boy Scout died from an infection he got while swiiming in the Tippecanoe river at the scout camp near Buffalo. The run off from hog farms up there is B-A-D bad. Just what I want, some 50lb Catfish chomping on my hand and grinding bacteria into every scrape and abrasion.

 

[Outlaw]

Noodling is only legal in 11 states ...Indiana is not one of them

Noodling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



It is in Kentucky

I think its one of those laws noone pays attention to. I've never had a problem with the law.

 

[halfmileharry]

I haven't done it in decades. Growing up in the south it was just another form of fishing for us.

 

[scarboni]

Ambu.....Just curious if you still have all your fingers?

 

[BSUrugger]

Sometimes I canoodle with my lady friend? If that's redneck..I'd hate to see what isn't.

 

[Ambu]

Ambu.....Just curious if you still have all your fingers?

I do. And, sadly, they are all catfish scrape free. :/

Anybody taking a noodling trip to one of the 11 states, let me know.

 

[brchixwing]

Bumping a really old thread because I just learned about noodling!

Any INGO folks know of a good guide/outfitter in Kentucky for this summer?

I just reached out to this group but waiting to hear back: KY Hand Grabb'in

[video=youtube;CS_pNdaCENo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS_pNdaCENo[/video]

 

[indiucky]

We would noodle (when young) in the Ohio river after they shut the locks...Where the Falls Of The Ohio State Park is now.....The river would narrow down to about thirty/forty yards wide (below the locks)...We would just get in with our shorts on and feel along the bank (which is all limestone fossil rock with nooks and crannies....) and would catch catfish, buffalo, carp, etc....A little nerve wracking but at 17 I was certain I was immortal....

 

[bwframe]

 

[EyeCarry]

Big Tennessee Adventures ? Guided Trophy Catfish Tours with Rod/Reel & Noodling pony up and go for it.

 

[bwframe]

[video=youtube;wE2Og32wnSM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE2Og32wnSM[/video]

 

[cosermann]

I'd like all 10 of my fingers to stay where they are.