The day was getting late, and the flathead catfish inside the holding tank secured to the bed of Nate Williams's maroon F-150 was, much like its captor, only getting more stressed out. It was five ...

The weird, wild and unabashedly Oklahoman sport of noodling, where anglers reach bare-handed into murky shallows to pull out massive catfish, has spawned an annual tournament and remains one of the ...

June and July are the prime months for catfish noodling in Oklahoma, although the recent flooding around the state has interrupted much of the hand-fishing. "It is making it a little more tough, ...

Noodling is when people catch catfish using their hands as both the bait and the hook. It is legal in only 17 states in the U.S. Thousands of people from all over the world make the pilgrimage to ...

Rising waters across Oklahoma have created some unusual sights — including one that’s equal parts unexpected and entertaining. A Viral Catch Outside the Bowling Alley In Shawnee, floodwaters turned ...

Noodling is catching catfish with just your hands, and it is News On 6 Anchor Tess Maune’s favorite summertime hobby. Tess headed out with an Oklahoma family near Shawnee that is putting hand-fishing ...

Waist-deep in a cypress swamp is not an ideal place for second-guessing. Nor, at least for most sober people, is it the place to dangle one’s arm into murky holes and hope something large inside takes ...