OT: "a tough man's game..." Texas next to legalize noodling
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=6584832
Wow.
The comments to the article are must read.
For anyone who wondered what folks to bide time when NASCAR has a night race.
Why? Can't people think of something more productive to do with their lives?
Agreed Catfish are delicious and noodling is actually pretty fun, although it's very easy to make fun of.
its my understanding that the real dangers are turtles and snakes and such
Looks like I found me some plans for the weekend.
You have a fucking dart in your neck! Pull that shit out.
How in the hell do you have -85856 mogpoints? You must have said something really stupid.
He got so many now he has to start over with the lowest possible value.
I believe he used one of the words Brian says to never use in reference to our friends in E. Lansing. That earned him a -100k bomb.
I believe he threatened a few other posters on occasion.
but you're crazy.
Sounds like an Ohio thing.
It looks like that guy has punched his way through the fish and out the other side! (I know its just his arm through the gill cover hole)
sounds great until you stick you hand in a hole that has a snapping turtle in it rather than a catfish
Hmm...my understanding is that the biggest danger- and it is a pretty big one- is of being "finned" and having an artery slit. Which would possibly kill you if you didn't get a tourniquet in place in time. They have really sharp fins and are strong and writhe around and are slippery, which can lead to some serious issues with being cut deeply and quickly.
The big danger is you don't always know what else lives in the hole. Gators like to live in holes and hollowed out logs, so do large snapping turtles. Under the banks are a lot of catfish. But if the hole ends up being dry, get your hand out quickly, water moccasins congregate in the dry holes.
For those who think being a red neck happens only in the south, look around. Rednecks live everywhere. You might not noodle up there, but it isn't because your better, its because there isn't big enough catfish. Even if there were, yall don't know how to cook it mo better. Laissez les Bon Temps Roulez!
A real man noodles in Scotland where the danger of grabbing the Loch Ness monster by the mouth always exists . . .
I always wondered how bad of life choices you had to have made to be a human sign... apparently not as bad as the person who is human bait.......
I had no idea that catching fish with your bare hands was illegal. Fish are squirmy and slippery. You should be allowed to catch extra fish if you somehow managed to catch one barehanded.
Is to discourage, and I'm not making this up, trout tickling. That where one reaches under an undercut bank and rubs the belly of a trout and then grabs them. It puts the trout in a sedate state and is considered unfair.
Of course one trip to Tippy Dam will get rid of the notion that all fisherman are sportsman, even those who fish lawfully.
And to those looking down their noses: I know a lot of professionals that noodle (it's legal in Oklahoma). To them it's a trill with the added bonus of a great dinner afterwards.
Edit: As CRex points out below, a modern reinforcement for the rule is environmental protection, but this law was in effect way before ecology was ever a concern.
If anyone wants a catfish that fucking bad, they should be allowed to keep it.
I love how they make it sound all hardcore if you're noodling. Illegal in 33 states bitch! I know it probably is crazy and a rush in practice but really.....its catching fish.
Also, the comments are great:
"The site of rednecks with missing fingers from noodling is hilarious. Im surprised Texas was opposed to this."
"I didn't realize they had laws in Texas."
Are obviously very aware of the intricacies of the law and do their best to abide by every single letter of it, I am sure.
The South makes it so easy for me to confirm that I never want to be there. Not even for a lay-over.
I moved to Chicago, and while there, I traveled through a lot of the South and I have to say most of it is great! There are just a few areas that make it seem like the whole thing is a disaster.
Hey Tom From AA - you're a dick.
Signed,
People of the South
I thought the "not even for a layover" was enough, but... umm..
/s
Seriously, MGoBlog's sarcasm meter is on the fritz. I'm actually looking at moving south. Though this is still one of the most redneck things i've seen, which does make it probably a ton of fun.
sound cool, hip, or sophisticated. Just makes you sound like a bigoted douche nozzle.
but their dicks.
It has everything - danger, intrigue, and XXX rating!
The actual issue is the destruction of the river bank and river bed. A guy walking along the bank with a pole does not do significantly damage to the river normally. The guy wading up it, jamming his hand into the bank and stirring up the bottom (disrupting areas fish might spawn, tearing up plants, etc) is more of a concern. A whole herd of people wading up a river and jamming their hand into every hole can really mess up the ecosystem.
Better this stay illegal or at least strictly limited from an enviromental point of view.
of hunting/fishing expeditions, along with a spear hunt for pigs. Looks like fun to me.
Real men noodle razorbacks by just sticking their arm into the pig's cave and, well, you can figure out the rest . . . .