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, ...

The world of hand fishermen, best known as noodling, will take center stage with the return of the 25th annual Okie Noodling Tournament this weekend in Pauls Valley. Heavy rainfall and severe storms ...

Jun. 23—PAULS VALLEY — Kodi Bennett (Morrison) kept hearing some big numbers being reported on her way to the weigh-in at the 2022 Okie Noodling Festival and wasn't sure how her fish was going to fare ...

PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (KFOR) – Oklahomans are gearing up for the hottest noodling tournament in Pauls Valley with people expected to come from around the world for some Okie Noodling. This year’s Pauls ...

A fisherman in Oklahoma claims he couldn’t see anything when he felt an 85 lb monster catfish bite down on his arm. Despite that, Nate Williams successfully wrestled the huge fish back to dry land, ...

The 2024 Okie Noodling Tournament and Festival in Pauls Valley is this weekend offering participants the opportunity to compete in catching catfish with just their hands. Here's what to know about the ...

A genial, amusing doodle rendered with vivid splashes of local color, "Okie Noodling" offers an up-close view of small-town sportsmen who must rank among those least likely to be celebrated on ESPN: A ...

Noodling is the sport (some say art) of catching big ol' catfish with your bare hands. Legal only in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana, the practice of noodling has taken on cult-like ...

Draw-dropping doesn’t even begin to cover it. A 19-year-old former Texas cheerleader has been named champion of Oklahoma’s 14th annual Okie Noodling Festival after wrestling in a 72-pound catfish with ...

PRAGUE — Flathead catfish are the hardheaded, whiskered, muscle-bound, slick rulers of their watery domain, but one young Oklahoma family grows and thrives on showing Mr. Whiskers who really is the ...

For more than a decade, a unique group of sportsmen and sportswomen have gathered for the Okie Noodling Tournament, a contest that gives hand fishers, or noodlers, 24 hours to catch the biggest ...