So here I am, worn out by the physical therapist whose favorite saying today seemed to be “Let’s do another set” and then he starts counting, "One, now Two...”
But I did manage to read the paper this morning. One article caught my eye. Texas officially dropped the $500 dollar fine for handfishing for catfish in 2011. It's also called hogging, stumping, catfisting, cat-daddling, grabbling, dogging, graveling, gurgling and tickling. No one seems to know the origin of the most popular term, noodling.
And what, pray tell, is noodling?
Simply put, it’s handfishing. People enter the water where catfish are. They find a hole where a catfish may lurk, and stick their hand into its mouth and pull it to the surface. Since catfish don’t have sharp teeth but their mouths are like sandpaper, many noodlers wear gloves to protect them from cuts and scrapes.
Now you know. There is even a TV program about it. The History Channel’s “Mudcats” covers catfish noodling in Oklahoma.
Now, since "the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”, let us remember all those involved in that sad situation in Ferguson, Missouri as LWLC President Harrison suggested.
GPD 8/21/14
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