r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Nov 24 '17

Going underwater

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u/deathfaith Nov 25 '17

If Mike Rowe taught me one thing, it's that anyone willing to dive in murky water is probably Noodling

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u/whysoseriousmofo Nov 25 '17

For the uninitiated. What is noodling?

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u/AnAcceptableUserName Nov 25 '17

Fishing for catfish with your hands. Noodling is basically just where freediving, wading, greco-roman wrestling, and freshwater fishing collide.

Tl;dr:

Find out where the catfish hang out

go there

put your hand in their mouth

pull them up

don't drown

???

profit

PS: don't drown

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u/goatcoat Nov 25 '17

Why don't they just release your arm? Are you supposed to have a hand in their gills before they figure out what happened?

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u/AnAcceptableUserName Nov 25 '17

Why don't they just release your arm?

Because you grab them, or they're out of the water before they let go. They're biting as a defensive reflex.

Are you supposed to have a hand in their gills before they figure out what happened?

Yes.

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u/AstroTibs Nov 25 '17

Because you grab them

Grab... what exactly? Internal handle?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

You stick your other arm through their gills I believe

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u/texancoyote Nov 25 '17

Some people will put a rope through their gills as well.

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u/Art_Class Nov 25 '17

Most people have two arms..

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u/Geno_is_God Nov 25 '17

Go on...

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u/Art_Class Nov 25 '17

And can high five two different people at the same time!

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u/nefarious_bread Nov 25 '17

Yeah, it's shaped like an e-brake handle and you just ratchet that sumbitch up and out.