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gunDriller
10th March 2012, 08:25 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LksuKTD8y0o

Funnily enough, I found this @
http://www.miningfeeds.com/2012/02/08/bottom-fishing-report-mining-stocks/

a Mining Stocks website, on an article about bottom fishing -

"We are delighted to bring you the MiningFeeds bottom fishing report. And to catch these fish, you don't need to know how to noodle.

Noodling is the term used for fishing with your bare hands. Noodling is practiced primarily in the southern United States and the primary choice of noodlers is the flathead catfish. Flathead catfish live in holes or underbrush in rivers and lakes, and thus, they are relatively easy to capture due to the static nature of their dwelling. To begin, a noodler goes underwater to depths ranging from a few feet to up to twenty feet. Once identified, the noodler places his hand inside a catfish hole. If all goes well, the catfish will swim forward and latch onto the fisherman's hand, usually as a defensive maneuver. If the fish is particularly large, the noodler can hook the hand around its gills and literally haul the fish out of the water as shown in the following video. It's crazy - you won't believe what you're about to witness."

gunDriller
10th March 2012, 08:26 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LksuKTD8y0o

MNeagle
10th March 2012, 07:34 PM
well, that's a first for me to see! Long pants, hat & sunglasses?? lol!

muffin
11th March 2012, 08:20 AM
i'm not proud to say that i grew up around this. watched first hand many times. i never understood the fascination. i guess it's like redneck extreme sports. i've known people who died while doing this crap.

and catfish?? yuck!!

chad
11th March 2012, 02:57 PM
i'm not proud to say that i grew up around this. watched first hand many times. i never understood the fascination. i guess it's like redneck extreme sports. i've known people who died while doing this crap.

and catfish?? yuck!!

died? how?

muffin
11th March 2012, 03:30 PM
these guys dive down several feet to get to the opening of the catfish den. they stick their hand and arm in all the way up to their shoulders. they wiggle their fingers like worms. the catfish then bites their hand and the guy hangs on until he has the fish up on the shore. sometimes they get their hands or arms stuck. or the fish hangs on to them instead. they end up drowning. they're supposed to go with buddies so that if they don't come up in so much time the buddy will go down and yank him back up. but these guys don't have alot of wits to even by doing this to begin with, much less with a safety buddy.

solid
11th March 2012, 04:14 PM
these guys dive down several feet to get to the opening of the catfish den. they stick their hand and arm in all the way up to their shoulders. they wiggle their fingers like worms. the catfish then bites their hand and the guy hangs on until he has the fish up on the shore. sometimes they get their hands or arms stuck. or the fish hangs on to them instead. they end up drowning. they're supposed to go with buddies so that if they don't come up in so much time the buddy will go down and yank him back up. but these guys don't have alot of wits to even by doing this to begin with, much less with a safety buddy.

OK, there is very few things in this world I won't try. This is one of them.

Not to be vulgar...but the only words that come to mind is "fuck that".