Comments on: Noodling: catching a catfish by letting it bite your arm http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 19:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ratdog http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-491010 Ratdog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-491010 I have some relatives who are big into this. I'm not. I have some relatives who are big into this. I’m not.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490760 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490760 Having been on the receiving end of many catfish stings, I can strongly assert that those suckers hurt like mad. Even on the tiny ones it is 10X worse than a hornet sting. One can only imagine what it would be like to get a stick from one of these big ones. Having been on the receiving end of many catfish stings, I can strongly assert that those suckers hurt like mad. Even on the tiny ones it is 10X worse than a hornet sting. One can only imagine what it would be like to get a stick from one of these big ones.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-492302 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-492302 Please stop using the word "hillbilly" when refering to Southern people. It's actually a derrogatory word, and a quite offensive. Not all of us Southerners are stupid. This is actually the quickest and most effective way to catch large catfish. People from the South are not the only ones who fish this way. I would have expected a little more from Boing Boing. Please stop using the word “hillbilly” when refering to Southern people. It’s actually a derrogatory word, and a quite offensive.

Not all of us Southerners are stupid. This is actually the quickest and most effective way to catch large catfish. People from the South are not the only ones who fish this way.

I would have expected a little more from Boing Boing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490803 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490803 I've gone fishing a few times -- not noodling, dear god, but some basic lake and deep-sea sportfishing -- and I've always felt like it's not exactly a fair fight. I've got a hook and food and 100lb line and all that jazz, and their primary method of defense -- running away and/or biting/stabbing me -- is useless. This kind of evens things up a bit. I dig it. Wouldn't do it in a million years, but I dig it. I’ve gone fishing a few times — not noodling, dear god, but some basic lake and deep-sea sportfishing — and I’ve always felt like it’s not exactly a fair fight. I’ve got a hook and food and 100lb line and all that jazz, and their primary method of defense — running away and/or biting/stabbing me — is useless.

This kind of evens things up a bit. I dig it. Wouldn’t do it in a million years, but I dig it.

]]> By: Agile Cyborg http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490826 Agile Cyborg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490826 Old as the hills. Old as the hills.

]]> By: MarkM http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-491343 MarkM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-491343 The fish seemed surprisingly placid and docile as they were being raised out of the water. The fish seemed surprisingly placid and docile as they were being raised out of the water.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490836 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490836 As the fish ages, it's spines get more and more worn down from going in and out of nesting areas. Fish over 5 pounds really don't have points to their spines anymore. As the fish ages, it’s spines get more and more worn down from going in and out of nesting areas. Fish over 5 pounds really don’t have points to their spines anymore.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-601448 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-601448 the real danger is also in those holes and or logs live snapping turtles and alligator gar. I met a guy whose only got two fingers and a thumb on his left hand. the real danger is also in those holes and or logs live snapping turtles and alligator gar. I met a guy whose only got two fingers and a thumb on his left hand.

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490876 Maggie Koerth-Baker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490876 Does it betray too much about my background to say that my uncles have done this? For the record: I am not from the Ozarks. Is "prairiebillies" a word? Does it betray too much about my background to say that my uncles have done this?

For the record: I am not from the Ozarks. Is “prairiebillies” a word?

]]> By: Zieroh Tardy http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490626 Zieroh Tardy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490626 Oh dear god. Oh dear god.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490629 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490629 Hey, it works! Hey, it works!

]]> By: cstatman http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490885 cstatman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490885 they do this in northeast Texas, I went out once or twice, it's fun, but I wasn't so into it. the "hot chicks noodling" videos are all over youtube. they do this in northeast Texas, I went out once or twice, it’s fun, but I wasn’t so into it.

the “hot chicks noodling” videos are all over youtube.

]]> By: toolbag http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490630 toolbag Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490630 I wonder if they have to worry about the bony fins the smaller catfish have. Holding it that close to your chest seems like you're begging to have one of their foot and a half long fins puncture a lung. I wonder if they have to worry about the bony fins the smaller catfish have. Holding it that close to your chest seems like you’re begging to have one of their foot and a half long fins puncture a lung.

]]> By: SKR http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490887 SKR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490887 I had a catfish bite my thumb when I was young and it hurt. Couple that with turtles, especially alligator snappers and ... ouch. I had a catfish bite my thumb when I was young and it hurt. Couple that with turtles, especially alligator snappers and … ouch.

]]> By: cstatman http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490890 cstatman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490890 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRLOQKlzdx8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRLOQKlzdx8

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490650 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490650 That is effin' crazy. That is effin’ crazy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490651 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490651 I know the people who made the OK noodling flim. The biggest problem is getting caught underwater and not being able to get to the air--not the fins. But it is just another type of happy madness. I know the people who made the OK noodling flim.

The biggest problem is getting caught underwater and not being able to get to the air–not the fins.

But it is just another type of happy madness.

]]> By: freakgirl http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490652 freakgirl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490652 I wrote an article about this for the website How Stuff Works. Interesting stuff. And yeah, the fins can hurt. http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/noodling.htm I wrote an article about this for the website How Stuff Works. Interesting stuff. And yeah, the fins can hurt.

http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/noodling.htm

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490653 Beanolini Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490653 Not as elegant as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trout_tickling">Trout tickling</a>... Not as elegant as Trout tickling…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-494243 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-494243 "Hillbilly Cat Fishing" was the name of the video. The only other reference to a "hillbilly" was the "Hillbilly Bears". Both are proper nouns so I would say Boing Boing is doing pretty good. Your other point is well taken. We have a tendency to judge other cultures for self-mutilation practices. (eg. Rings around women's necks in Thailand, foot binding in China) To me this isn't that different. “Hillbilly Cat Fishing” was the name of the video. The only other reference to a “hillbilly” was the “Hillbilly Bears”. Both are proper nouns so I would say Boing Boing is doing pretty good.

Your other point is well taken. We have a tendency to judge other cultures for self-mutilation practices. (eg. Rings around women’s necks in Thailand, foot binding in China) To me this isn’t that different.

]]> By: jjasper http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490664 jjasper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490664 There are points in that video where everyone in it sounds like that mumbly "Paw" bear from the hillbilly bears cartoon. There are points in that video where everyone in it sounds like that mumbly “Paw” bear from the hillbilly bears cartoon.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490669 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490669 This sport is also known as "grabbling". This sport is also known as “grabbling”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490937 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490937 There was actually an experimental Noodling Season in Missouri a couple years age. I believe they are now considering making it legal year tound. There was actually an experimental Noodling Season in Missouri a couple years age. I believe they are now considering making it legal year tound.

]]> By: rudezombie http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490682 rudezombie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490682 <i># 2</i>: According to the documentary (which is great and I can't recommend it enough), the biggest danger comes from the possibility of getting their arm caught in the crevices where the catfish like to hide. Since they're out in the middle of nowhere, usually alone or with just one friend, a lot of noodlers have drowned this way. # 2: According to the documentary (which is great and I can’t recommend it enough), the biggest danger comes from the possibility of getting their arm caught in the crevices where the catfish like to hide. Since they’re out in the middle of nowhere, usually alone or with just one friend, a lot of noodlers have drowned this way.

]]> By: Architexas http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490945 Architexas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490945 Yeah, this happens a lot in North Texas, particularly amongst high schoolers and in urban areas (you DON'T want to eat the catfish from the Trinity River - you'll get sick). Hopefully, these guys aren't doing it during catfish spawning season, because if they are, they're breaking the law. Yeah, this happens a lot in North Texas, particularly amongst high schoolers and in urban areas (you DON’T want to eat the catfish from the Trinity River – you’ll get sick).

Hopefully, these guys aren’t doing it during catfish spawning season, because if they are, they’re breaking the law.

]]> By: WorkingDead http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490690 WorkingDead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490690 Don't forget Girls Gone Grabbling! http://www.catfishgrabblers.com/gggdvd.htm Don’t forget Girls Gone Grabbling!

http://www.catfishgrabblers.com/gggdvd.htm

]]> By: FreakCitySF http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490948 FreakCitySF Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490948 I still think it's fake. How to noodle. Catch a fish, let it "oxygenate" for a good 15 minutes out of the water. Then bring back into the water while your friend films you "noodling". I still think it’s fake.

How to noodle.

Catch a fish, let it “oxygenate” for a good 15 minutes out of the water. Then bring back into the water while your friend films you “noodling”.

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490950 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490950 This being BoingBoing, the only thing one can add to this is Duelling Banjos played on ukeleles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiVSIM8T-tw This being BoingBoing, the only thing one can add to this is Duelling Banjos played on ukeleles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiVSIM8T-tw

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490700 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490700 quick run.... i can hear banjos dan quick run…. i can hear banjos

dan

]]> By: flipcloud http://boingboing.net/2009/05/13/noodling-catching-a.html#comment-490702 flipcloud Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-490702 From my understanding, the other big danger of this sport is that those same crevices, where the catfish like to hang out, are also favorite hiding places for both snapping turtles and water moccasins. From my understanding, the other big danger of this sport is that those same crevices, where the catfish like to hang out, are also favorite hiding places for both snapping turtles and water moccasins.

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