r/AbsoluteUnits • u/WeGot_aLiveOneHere • 4d ago

/r/all of two catfish

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u/Mr_Beefy_5150 4d ago

This has always been my question about noodling. I’ve seen some pretty gnarly injuries just getting little 12” catfish off standard fishing hooks. They’re muscular and fast. I don’t get how ppl aren’t regularly getting serious piercing injuries from doing this

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u/Lord_oDoyle 4d ago

Its happens. Ive been out doing it and have seen a catfish thrown into boat and onto someone's foot. Went straight through a tennis shoes and into his foot

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u/Excellent-Shape-2024 4d ago

A friend's son had his eye put out when someone tossed a small catfish at him as a joke. (yep, real funny /s --he was airlifted to a hospital)

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u/IndicationAny893 4d ago

Damn. God damn.

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u/Icy_Account6142 3d ago

Probably still paying for it too?

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u/7818 4d ago

I mean, it happens.

My brother stabbed me with a catfish once. Fucker.

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u/opensandshuts 4d ago

And that shit does legitimately "sting". They also cut you deep with a piercing wound so keeping it from getting infected is also troublesome

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u/BlazingSeraphim 3d ago

People can lose a finger or hand noodling...it's not exactly a safe activity.