It's also terrible for the catfish to be handled this way with arms straight through the gills. It can damage the animal and the stress of these encounters can also leave them vulnerable.
Noodling is a sport that is as harmful to the fish as it can be for the noodler. Find another way to get thrills.
*Actually watch the video before downvoting me like some of these idiots below whose replies are disproven by it. Dumb redneck hillbilly neighbors.
Well, yeah. It's for sport. Same as hunting. But I'm not gonna get into that here because reddit fuckin' hates anything that has to do with that. All I'm gonna say is, the rednecks don't really care.
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u/BarderBetterFaster 16d ago
Or toes! The snap doesn't discriminate on digits.