The four of us continued chatting and then Daniel asked if I’ve ever been noodling? I think you know my reply. I’m not going into dirty water and sticking my hand in a hole to grab, what? A Catfish, Snapping turtle, Rattlesnake? I don’t think so.
Seems Daniel had done some when he was back in Kansas. He sent me this photo of his 45 pound Flathead Catfish he caught in the Arkansas River.
Daniel said his Dad was noodling out at Lake Amador and when he stuck his hand into a hole, he got bitten by a rattlesnake. See.......
There you have it, my friends. A noodler in the flesh.
Tomorrow, take a friend fishing.
Mark
Hmmm not to sure about the sound of that one? Nice fish he's got himself though. Might freak me out just a little too much
ReplyDeleteI'll grab a salmon in a river but draw the line when it comes to rooting around in holes on the bank. That takes a special kind of crazy!
ReplyDeleteI wonder why it's called noodling. It's got to be hard to swim up to the surface when you have a 40+lb fish stuck to your arm.
ReplyDeleteWell Thanks Mark. More nightmares tonight.
ReplyDeleteNo thanks! I wouldn't mind watching a bunch of female noodlers, though, come to think of it. Tee Hee!
ReplyDeleteIf you lived here then you would be surrounded by noodlers. That's a past time for many here down on the Licking River.
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