David Baggett, famed among noodlers, explodes from the water with a giant catfish in his hands. Photo courtesy of Bradley Beesley Cypress boughs dangle over the still, mocha-muddy waters of an ...

Dr. Nick Anderson, a pediatrician who lives in Neenah, is an avid catfish noodler. He learned noodling, or catching fish by ...

Who needs a fishing line when you can just use your hands to grab a catfish? There are still plenty of states where it is totally legal to use your bare hands to nab a catfish out of the water.

In the deep South and parts of the Midwest, there exists an extreme type of fishing that has nurtured devotees and opponents alike. Noodling involves the catching of massive catfish — creatures that ...

Anyone with the urge to wade neck-deep in a Texas river or lake, stick their arms into undercut banks and washouts until they feel the slick sides of a big catfish, slip their hand into the fish's ...

Hand fishing for eels in mud holes is not for the faint of heart. With no rod or net, one man plunges his bare hands into the mud, searching blindly for hidden eels. These slippery creatures bury ...