Freshwater Fish Attack!

[fingerlicken]

I would prefer a rod and reel.

You'd be in bad shape if it was a 60 pounder. lol
aj

I'm with you rod and reel

[Crappiekiller3]

Years ago the wife and I went to Southern Illinois to visit her folks.
While there her Dad says "Jhooaan(southern Illinois for John), tomorrow we'll get some catfish".
The next day as we're getting in the car, I said "wait, I'll get my rod".
He said "don't need none, I got all we'll need".
We pull up to the Ohio river, jump out, open the trunk and he hands me
a pair of hip waders and a gunny sack. Then he jumps in the river and says
com'on Jhooaan, I got one. Then he throws a 20 lb cat up on the shore.
Doing as I was told I get in the river and kinda stand there wondering what
in hell we are doing. He says "it's called hawgin, just feel along the bank for
holes and stick your hand in and pull out the catfish". Well, that seemed
simple enough. So we're hunched over walking along the bank pulling out
cat from 3-30lb. After a while we stop for a smoke. I notice his ring finger
and little finger on his left hand are gone. I said "John (his name also), what
in the world happened to your fingers"? "I guess I shoudda told ya he says,
but sometimes instead of a catfish there's a big ol snapping turtle in the
hole in the bank and that's what happens". I said "tell ya what John, I'll
be the gunny sack man and gather up the cats you throw on shore.
He mumbled something about "damn yankees" and I haven't hawged or
noodled since!!!!

[rnvinc]

YouTube has several videos of "noodling" and "grabbing"...

Interesting to watch but I'll stick to pole fishin.....

[silverside]

Please be very careful when noodling. I have 2 insane uncles who have found snapping turtles and snakes in those holes! One uncle has rows of scars from his hand to his elbow from where an 80 pound flathead clamped down!

[Arkie John]

Please be careful doing this cause you never know what else is in the hole

...you'd be on your way to the ER. Be careful and swim with a buddy.

aj

[JIG Gene-e]

First and also the last time I went, pulled out a 10lb snapper!:D

[skeetbum]

I've heard it called "grappling" also. Thanks, but I'll watch. Saw a video of a couple of guys throwing a 45lber in a waiting jon boat. Shredded a new pair of pretty tough lookin gloves. Don't have the inclination.

[Fishtaco]

The bear trap joke sounded safer.

[sticko]

I know a man that took some 55 gal. drums and cut the side out of them


and filled them 1/2 full with gravel he sunk these in the lake and said the catfish

used them to spawn in . he swam down to them but he used an ole

hook thing that looked like what they used to get block ice a long time ago

it was a heavy wire hook with a wood cross handle
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he would stick that in the fishes gills and bring them out