Noodling | Georgia Outdoors Vintage

While the idea of sticking your hand in the mouth of a 40 pound catfish may not sound too appealing to many, some adventurous folks in Georgia are catching noodling fever. Newly legal in Georgia, hand fishing, also called noodling or grabbling, has been a method of catching catfish since the days of our native American ancestors. We take a look at this unusual fishing technique, and some of the places in Georgia that you can do it and we examine the state of Georgia's catfish population. Originally aired in 2006
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