Noodling is one particularly in the Southern States and the Midwest of the USA spread and also as sport operated technology of fishing, with which primarily Katzenwelse with bare hands become imprisoned.

Noodling is the most common expression for this kind of fishing, it gives however numerous deviating regional designations, among them dogging (in Kentucky), stumping (in Nebraska), grabbling, graveling, hogging and TIC-sounds.

Technology

The archaische technology noodling is owed the benthalen way of life of the booty fish. Katzenwelse are usually in self-dug caves at the reason of cloudy waters, also often hidden in the mud or under Totholz. More noodler looks for therefore in the bent course, in deeper water also dipping, the waters reason for holes off. Its hands serve thereby as seals at which the Wels is to festbeissen itself. If Wels confounded thus a hand with booty, the successful goes more noodler to the water surface and tries after forces to loosen the fish from its arm to which proves frequently as difficult and also painful procedure.

Noodling a quite dangerous venture is for different reasons. On the one hand some copies for instance the blue Katzenwelses reach a weight of more than 50 kg, so that the diver an enormous Kraft must apply, in order the fish to save - there is drowning danger. Since clothes at obstacles could get caught, fished more noodler usually only dressed in Shorts.

A probably still larger danger other inhabitants of the sea-reason represent, in particular to queues and turtles. Feared are under noodlern above all alligator turtles, whose bite strength is quite sufficient to split a human hand. Also beavers, which eingenistet themselves in abandoned Welsbauten, represent a danger.

Noodling as sport

Noodling is considered generally as pastime of Rednecks and is a component to so some urbanen legend. Into the field of vision noodling the 1989 came to a broader public, than David Letterman in its Late show left the Jerry Rider before current camera, originating from Oklahoma, noodeln. For some time Rider became the face noodlings; numerous television and press contributions dedicated themselves to its strange hobby. Many noodler criticized however that their sport was distorted and represented sensationalistisch.

2001 the Bradley Beesleys documentary film Okie Noodling, which lit up the history and technology of the sport in Oklahoma and on many transmitters of the Public Broadcasting service to be seen was, opened a more objective entrance to the topic. This film became also the impact for the first official noodling contest, the annually augetragene Okie Noodling Tournament.

Fishing with the bare hand is legally permitted despite its far spreading only in the five Federal States Louis IANA, Mississippi, Oklahoma, threshing floor lake and Georgia. In the year 2005 also Missouri proved three river sections for one period of two weeks for a test to noodling. In other states it is far common, but forbade partially or legally reduced. Thus a penalty of up to 500 $ becomes due in Texas approximately in the absence of an appropriate permission.

Noodling is operated particularly by men, who deliver their special catch techniques usually to their sons. However itself women are into this man domain to dare in recent time also increase.

Noodling outside of the USA

The technology of fishing with bare hands is common also in other parts of the world. Thus that is considered inm to Nigerian Argungu delivered Fischereifetival annually as the largest noodling contest of the world. Up to 5.000 participants compete there around the largest catch.

Related links (English)

• Report of the Snopes urban legend Website to the truth content of Noodling legends, with shaking pictures
• Okie Noodling Documentary Website
• Article local newspaper in Oklahoma
• Article from ESPN to the Noodling
• Conservation Commission OF Missouri

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