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Unfair, as opposed to luring it out with the promise of food only to jab a metal hook in the side of it's mouth?

I don't want to know what happened to their legs...

I'm a little concerned as to why half of the legs in this picture are, well, missing. Does that have anything to do with the noodling?

This is more primeval than rod fishing. Man vs Fish. Who will win. No tools, just raw ability. Keep it legal imo.

Just don't stick your legs in the fish's mouth. These guys learned the hard way

All of the people I have met that noodled ate the fish. So I do not see the real purpose of fairness and sport in this case. It is not catching and releasing as often barehanded hunting for food.

It would be like saying you can't use a high powered sniper rifle from behind a rock to hunt a deer, but instead you have to walk up to it, offer it a carrot instead, and then I guess slip a bag over its head to suffocate it to death.

Do you have to be missing a leg to participate" :D

The legs may have been lost while in the military, protecting your freedoms. Find out before making jokes. Personally I think noodling is foolhardy, but no more cruel than fishing with a hook. Should the govt protect us from ourselves? I say no, but they should have to pay their medical bills if they get injured. Sadly, there is no easy way to enforce that.

It's just as likely they lost their legs drunk driving or in some agricultural accident.

Guys that stick their fists into logs hoping a fish will bite them probably didn't lose their senses of humor along with their legs

and somedays the catfish eats you.

If they lost their legs drunk driving I doubt that an insurance company would pay for the expensive prostethis and rehab. These guys would be in wheelchairs.

It's a shame the picture didn't end at thigh level. Obviously, the people commenting are obsessing way too much over their legs (or lack thereof). It's too bad you can't look at someone and see who they are - obviously, a trio of foolish rednecks who also happen to be missing a few limbs.

From some one that has done it as long as I have 18 years to be exact make the shit legal no harm is done to the fish and it is one hell

From some one that has done it as long as I have 18 years to be exact make the shit legal no harm is done to the fish and it is one hell of a thrill ride when you catch 2 weighing anywhere from 60 to 70 pounds in the same hole