Noodling: Fun for the whole family.
(photo: National Geographic)
I live in Oklahoma. It was bound to happen.
Patient comes to our office for a “hospital follow-up” visit.
He’d been in the hospital with a severe hand infection. It had necessitated intravenous antibiotics coupled with surgical incision and drainage (“I&D”).
What caused his infection?
He lacerated his hand. Underwater. Muddy water. In the act of catching 20+ pound catfish. With his bare hands.
“Been doin’ it since I was twelve,” he told me. “Never had this happen before.”
I started wondering about the bacterial flora of catfish bites.
He wasn’t bitten, though. Scraped his hand on a rock reaching into a small underwater cave. That’s where you find the catfish.
And catch them with your bare hands. If you’re a noodler, that is.
Click here if you want to see a short video of some noodlers in action. It’s called “Okie Noodling.”
Remember, Noodlers: No Hooks, No Bait, No Fear…
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Um. In case you were confused, I am NOT a noodler.
Beasts of the Southern Wild.
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