Who needs a fishing line when you can just use your hands to grab a catfish? There are still plenty of states where it is totally legal to use your bare hands to nab a catfish out of the water.

David Baggett, famed among noodlers, explodes from the water with a giant catfish in his hands. Photo courtesy of Bradley Beesley Cypress boughs dangle over the still, mocha-muddy waters of an ...

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Hand fishing for eels in mud holes is not for the faint of heart. With no rod or net, one man plunges his bare hands into the mud, searching blindly for hidden eels. These slippery creatures bury ...