South African Reacts To CATFISH NOODLING

[@glassontherocks]

I was raised in a small river town on the Mississippi. We learned to Noodle when we were 10 years old. I'm 70 now. I'll bet you could scare an 18 year old boy these days with a worm. We need more young people like this young Lady. No fear just confidence.

[@DonLuc23]

Its her giggle that gets me

[@stankwasny56]

Hannah's barely 5 foot tall and I believe her personal best was around 65 lbs. She is sweet and I love her constant smile !

[@gk5891]

A Flathead Catfish can execeed 60 kg (132 lb). The line and reel record is 56 kg (123 lb). The big females nest in those holes. Don't worry about the catfish, worry about the snapping turtles.

[@genghispecan]

Beautiful. It's like the song says, "...country folks can survive." Dang, now I'm homesick.

[@shalakabooyaka1480]

Theres an episode of Gordan Ramseys show where he came to Oklahoma to learn how to do this. It's pretty good

[@djriddleandgmoney5930]

Hanna smiles all day every day. If we could all be more like her and just enjoy life fully Be beautiful does not hurt either

[@dabbadoo2226]

She gets beatin by her man and cries in the fetal position when the camera is off sorry to destroy your fantasy mr DJ home skillet and G money Dog or whatever you G funks call each other

[@patrickmason7402]

That girls enthusiasm "almost" makes me want to try noodling 😂

[@johnwatrous8982]

Hanna Barron and her dad Jeff ( the guy talking about her britches ) are great stewards of the lakes and the fish. They have many videos out there.

[@bernardh4635]

My stepdad's Mother had caught a 9 foot catfish out in East Texas. Took two people to lift it and nail the skull to a tree for them to clean and dress it. They left the skull up in the tree for the birds to clean up. It was huge. It was caught on a bacon rig. My little ole granny. I have some 35mm film type photos...aka old school photos of it.

[@ratlips4363]

She's the one that catches the fish because more will watch a fox catch a fish than a bull

[@menwithven8114]

I live on the Mississippi river next to a lock amd dam where catfish just sit at the bottom and eat everything. A guy got the record for the state here and it was a 124 pound catfish!!!

[@sharmullins3894]

Biggest Cat I ever noodled was 75 lbs. Nearly drowned myself pulling him out - I was ten at the time.

[@joecarter1414]

She is also a great bow hunter. I don’t think she has ever eaten anything from a grocery store. She and her dad built her beutiful home.

[@WoosterCogburnn]

They look for holes under boat ramps, holes in the bank. They also build plywood boxes that they put out early in the season before the catfish spawn. Usually you stick your foot in the hole first to get them to bite it. Blue cats are pretty rough, they’re the ones that will hurt you if you’re not careful.

[@rayj1011]

I was wondering about getting hurt. I saw my brother run a catfish barb through his hand and it was tiny compared to one of these. These ones they are catching don't have barbs? If not, wonder how you would know when reaching in for one.

[@jamesstone9213]

​@rayj1011 my grandfather was there too!

[@whiskybooze]

Largest catfish caught in the Mississippi river to my knowledge was around 130lbs. A guy in Italy caught one what was 9 feet long. They burrow themselves into holes and you stick your hand in when the bite on you pull them out. Grew up going noodling in the Midwest.

[@prettybullet7728]

Catfish can get huge. A friend of mine's husband was a diver and after diving close to the dam he was so freaked out by the size of the catfish that he refused to go there ever again.

[@glassontherocks]

We used to go down into a pumping house pit and hand feed chickens to them just for kicks. They like to try to tug them from you like a dog.

[@spis_dritt]

I've heard stories of catfish near the local dam being as big as a bus. I think they're exaggerating but they do get huge.

[@libertybell8852]

​@@spis_drittit's not quite as big as a bus, but I personally know people that don't exaggerate at all and they've said small SUV size. Which is a far cry from a bus, but water distorts size a bit, so it may have LOOKED that big to someone. 🤷‍♀️

[@oldcodger4371]

I have a neighbor who brings me big blue catfish. A whole cooler full of them yesterday. One of them was 40 pounds. In Lake Gaston Kerr/Bugs Island people who scuba dive claim to have seen some the size of a full grown man.

[@jonchicoine]

Hannah has the most adorable personality!

[@davidgipson906]

I discovered her on TikTok as well. And now through your channel I’m realizing she catches all these fish.

[@jamesstone9213]

No shit?

[@highlandergunn9240]

There are dams on the Tennessee River here in Alabama where I live. And they say there are catfish the size of an economy car in the deep waters at the base of the dam.

[@draven3838]

They get much bigger , and hannah has caught some monsters

[@beesnort3163]

Oh they can get waaaay bigger. It looks so fun! I miss fishing so much. Loved it since I was just a little girl.

[@protonneutron9046]

I remember last year a guy in South Carolina caught a 135 pound catfish

[@alanflor703]

I live on the Mississippi River. There are stories I've heard of industrial divers that have said there are catfish in there that could swallow a man whole.

[@julieweathers1139]

In Alabama they can set boxes for them that the catfish nest in. Otherwise, they look for holes. Yes, they can break arms, take fingers, and drown people. Blue catfish roll like gators do.

[@philmakris8507]

The man without that hat in the beginning is Hannah's dad. Once his bicep was torn when wrestling one of those big old cats.

[@r3ptile584]

An acquaintance of mine drowned while noodling. He dove under to reach a hole in the bank. Turns out it was occupied by an alligator snapping turtle. It bit down on his fist, and didn't let go for 20 minutes... RIP, Wade.

[@jamesstone9213]

My grandfather was there

[@2were5678]

It's starts with "here hold my beer".

[@phobiaone306]

I've been watching Hannah for several years. That girl is fearless! Her daddy raised her right, and he has a channel as well. He is the one wearing the hat without a shirt on. About how they find them....a lot of time they place boxes down in spots, and the catfish find them good hiding/spawning spots.

[@brianhoward9336]

I have to say watching all your videos and listening to the things you enjoy I've no doubt you would very much enjoy living in America.

[@Tbone1492]

We have a lot in Louisiana. This girl is adorable!

[@davidneel8327]

Sometimes they make boxes and plant them in rivers for the fish to shelter in.

[@larrywright3132]

A lot of noodles build boxes for the fish to hide in, and they keep track of where they are.

[@heron6764]

Some southern catfish are more than six feet long and weigh hundreds of pounds. These are typically hunted with either rod and reel, or bows.

[@greggwilliamson]

The biggest US catfish was 123 lb (55.8 kg). Worlds biggest was a "Mekong Catfish". 646 lb (293 kg). Look up "Jeremy Wade, River Monsters".

[@michaelairheart6921]

I've seen one that weighed 127 lbs caught in Cedar Creek Lake. The biggest on record caught in the Mississippi river was a 131 blue cat. They get bigger than that. Those are just the ones that were officially recorded.

[@jerryadams6799]

Biggest caught. there are however tales of catfish as large as volkswagon beetles hanging out at the base of dams that cause divers to change careers.

[@allenwhitmer8192]

@@michaelairheart6921 127 lb blue? The record flathead in the states is 123 , caught in Kansas

[@theiran]

Kerr Lock & Dam in Oklahoma. Divers no longer inspect the dam because the catfish have gotten so big. On a bright sunny day, you can look down from the top of the dam and see them swimming around. They're huge...

[@jerryadams6799]

@@theiran Also Lake Eufala and i think maybe lake Texoma as well

[@spacehonky6315]

In Missouri the largest catfish is the Bluecat. The state record (caught in 2018 with rod&reel) is 130lbs.

[@1COMIXMAN]

In the 80s out in california where I grew up there was this reservoir that had been there for like 80 years.well they were getting ready to update the dam and sent divers into the water to clean the outflow vents and grates. They came up fast complaining that a huge fish tried to attack them. So some people were hired to catch it. They brought deep sea diving tackle and gear.that fish was busting lines rods and straightening hooks. So eventually they use a hay bailing hook tied to a thick rope with whole chickens and toasts on it. They caught the fish. Took a truck to lift the thing outnof the water. It was an Asian catfish that had been there God knows how long. It was almost as long as a vw bug car and wide.

[@AppalachiaRRlover]

We need to find you a job here in the US so we can get you here and enjoy our outdoor sports and food scene!!!

[@jamesstone9213]

Long john silvers

[@davidneel8327]

In the US there are two species of catfish that get very large. Blue cats and Flatheads.

[@PurebloodedPatriot]

Hannah is every man's kind of woman.

[@shiperobin]

Catfish here in the US get really big. That's part of the fun of catching them

[@angiemaney761]

Google Fontana Dam part of the TVA water authority in Robbinsville NC... rumor has it that there's catfish in the lake as big as school buses 😮😮😮😮

[@SteelAce13]

There's a dam near my hometown where a VW bug went in the river above the dam. A diver went down with a chain to try to hook I up to pull it out. There was a catfish laying on top of it, almost as big as the car. It even ate some cameras they ran down the side of the day to check for and my damage or wear of the dam.

[@thomashuff2897]

I caught one over 90 lbs in my younger days. Not noodlin though. I used to set trot lines which are large nylon lines( 200 lb test) with drop lines every few feet (maybe 5 feet) and would go and check the line every 2 or 3 hours and pulled in a 90 plus pound catfish. This was in a lake in East Texas. They get very big there.

[@wendellgee11]

Amazing lady!!

[@Dave-jo1hf]

My dad was working as a magazine photographer during the Silver Bridge collapse in ‘67. 46 died and 2 where never found. The divers said there were catfish bigger then a man. One diver was so shook by the size of the catfish, he didn’t go back down.

[@jamesstone9213]

My grandfather was there too.

[@hiheeledsneakers]

My uncle was on the bridge. He was in the taxi.

[@Idealdeath8304]

When people from other countries say we have no culture. Remember this moment 💪. Lmfao 🤣

[@ashleydixon4613]

😂😂😂

[@jeremyfagner6808]

Jeff and Hannah build catfish boxes and submerge them in the water. But yes some people just look for holes to fish in

[@armedpreacher]

Catfish is good eatin! We love our big ole catfish in Texas

[@johnniecalhoun5381]

They have noodling tournament . The noodlelers have their special places to noodle and are very protective of those locations . Some of the places are natural and some of the places they build . Noodling goes back in time to before fishing with equipment . Noodling and fish weirs are some of the oldest forms of fishing . All of the fish that are caught during a tournament are returned to to the water. Most of the people that do noodling for the sport measure the fish and get a weight . Then return the fish to the water !!

[@ThePositive0ne1]

When I was pretty young like 5 or 6 I caught a catfish that had to be over a foot and a half to two feet on one of those little kiddie rinky dink fishing pole. Still to this day I don't know how that fishing pole didn't snap in half, and also it's one of the best memories I have ever had.

[@gregtaylor3535]

there has been catfish in southern states weighing over 100 pounds in kentucky record was 106.9 pounds in 2018

[@bamachine]

She is from my "neck o' the woods". Besides doing the noodling, she does a bunch of other outdoors stuff plus she has a workout channel, I think. I never subscribed to her stuff but seen others reacting to it. Even though I like the outdoors, fishing and hunting never really interested me that much. I do like being out in the woods but just because of the peaceful sights, sound and smells. I live out in "the boonies" on top of a mountain, with a pond and two creeks on our 160 acres(100 acres are woods).

[@jamesstone9213]

Your neck of the woods? 😂😂 .

[@libertybell8852]

​@@jamesstone9213have you never heard that expression?

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

indigenous americans (my tribe too!) taught the european settlers how to do this. it's a quick way to feed a lot of people for a couple of days. sure, your arms get chewed up a little bit, but for a meat-score like that, it's worth it.

[@quasicrystal5166]

Yes Jono A big Catfish will absolutely smash your hand or arm or whatever is in it's mouth. When you noodle a lot of the time you are just trying to get bit so you can pull them out.

[@jamesstone9213]

No way

[@quasicrystal5166]

@@jamesstone9213 Yes way

[@SargNickFury]

Catfish get bigger then that. Depends on their environment. I think record I have heard was 143 lbs and about 60" in North Carolina, by Nick Anderson. The biggest ones tend to be close to dams just down stream, where the feast on the fish get chopped up in the turbines etc. All they have to do is just sit there and food comes to them. Almost every dam has stories of divers working on maintenance being freaked out by the catfish. If you ever come to the US there is a Fresh Water Aquarium in Chattanooga that has mammoth catfish on display, I think it's largest fresh water aquarium in the world.

[@cbobwhite5768]

Hannah and her daddy, Jeff, build catfish boxes. It's a box 3 or 4 feet square, about a foot deep, with no bottom. It has a hole cut in the top, about a foot square. They sink these boxes in the lake and weight them down. They catfish will move into a box, within a few days. Not unusual to find 2 fish in the same box.

[@AxelFoleyDetroitLions]

Theyre protecting Eggs and Attracting Mates when they guard holes . Its conservation

[@flogg8635]

Sometimes you might encounter an enormous snapping turtle. You’ll easily lose a digit or two

[@sparky6086]

There's a 200lb alligator snapping turtle who hangs out at the bottom of the lake, just off my dock. She lays her eggs in my garden next to the dock each year. She has a really awesome "prehistoric" look like a dinosaur. She stays at the bottom for hours at a time. I think, that she could easily bite someone's hand off.

[@melonrain6862]

Come on over and give it a try. I’m a Texan who’s been fishing most of my life but, I haven’t tried noodleing. I still think it’s pretty damn cool.

[@bethking7348]

She rocks!❤

[@carolkinney1327]

My brother couldn't go noodling, he had physical challenges, but he landed an 80 lb catfish on a 12 pound line.

[@smokeyverton7981]

A craving for hush puppies just flew up on me

[@nativetexan9776]

The cat at 11:50 is a blue catfish and they get bigger and stronger than the flathead catfish

[@margaretroebuck2938]

Lake Fort Gibson in Oklahoma has tours of the hydro electric dam where you can see down into the bottom of the locks, and there are huge catfish down there as big as a man. It's the oldest man made lake in OK. Awesome fishing there, saw a guy catch a 60 # paddle fish on a surf rod once.

[@libertybell8852]

😊 my dad grew up in Okay, I swam in that lake more times than I can count as a kid.

[@heathallison2157]

Yes they get their wrist elbows and shoulders broke or dislocated if not grabbed right

[@davidneel8327]

Hannah also has a video of catching a sturgeon in the Northwest part of the US>

[@JLewis1979]

Wait until he learns about Alligator Gar...

[@KRAMPUS_420]

Noodling for catfish is only legal in 16 states at the moment. Oh yeah, Hannah Barron the catfish noodling queen.

[@jamesstone9213]

No way kang

[@you166mhz]

not sure but -- the one person feels the ground until he feels a hole and the second person goes under trying to find the gills and grab the fish through the gills ...

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

7:49 my youngest daughter does it. she plans to teach her kids (1 boy, 1 girl) how to do it when they're old enough.

[@george217]

The NEW record is a 106 pounder caught in Texas.

[@1perfectpitch]

The record for Texas.

[@george217]

@@1perfectpitch For the US...

[@1perfectpitch]

@@george217 What about the 123 pounder caught in Mississippi?

[@jeremystanton382]

It's the muskrats and beavers that can give you a bad day and less fingers

[@williamchiles7856]

When I was a kid in the 1960s my uncle coughing a 103 pound catfish in the james river in Virginia it was heaver than I was at 9 years old,

[@MZ-bl6wg]

People complaining they’re hurting the fish need to relax, they aren’t hurting the fish, at least this group release the fish every time, it’s just sport and it doesn’t hurt the fish, a 60 lb catfish is pure muscle , they aren’t hurting and going thru the gill doesn’t hurt them, their gills are massive and open right to their mouths catfish open and close them constantly she’s just putting her hand through the huge opening to the jaw. The tagging doesn’t hurt them either, my 3 daughters pierced their ears by choice , a pinch instantly and no more pain, putting a tag on is even less painful their piercing the top fin which has virtually no nerve endings anyway. Listen to her talk about the fish, she’s always saying “she is SO beautiful” she LOVES catfish and respects them greatly and their power. It’s a longtime tradition been going on for a very very long time. Some people eat the cat fish , this group doesn’t so be happy about that. It’s less painful then fishing which snares a double to quadruple metal barbed hook through a fishes tongue, cheak etc and surely painful getting em pulled back out to release , no hooks here. Besides that cat fish are literal garbage fish , they breed like rabbits and overpopulate streams and lies quickly eating other good fish like trout etc becasue they’re so damn big. They do a bit of cleaning of the waterways, eating dead fish decomposing fish and animals etc but when they start overpopulating they eradicate the waterways of fish that can be eaten and or are needed for the ecosystem of the water and most people won’t eat catfish becasue they don’t taste good to most. Utah Lake has a massive problem with these, they don’t get big like this but there are so many they’ve killed off most the other fish in the lake so people that fish as a food need can’t catch other fish and people thst fish for sport /relaxation don’t have nearly any fish to fish for. In other words, this girl loves and respects these monsters, she gets so much happiness and fun out of it and it hurts none of these fish so stop whinning! There are millions of human beings suffering in this world, worry about them not damn catfish and some amazing human beings enjoying nature!

[@pickin4you]

There have been catfish in the US over 12’ long. They can get HUGE.

[@donalddangerfield8064]

A man lost his arm to an alligator here in Cross South Carolina about three or four years ago. Noodling

[@ShiningAndStarstruck]

I wanna see someone with a prosthetic arm freak out unsuspecting people by noodling and having their "arm" chomped off. Hysterical screaming to sell the bit

[@cbobwhite5768]

There 2 species of catfish, they catch. The yellow or flathead catfish, which is preferred , if you are keeping them to eat. And the blue catfish. The blues can get big. Hannah recently caught her personal best, which weighed 65 pounds. The inside of a blue cat's mouth, is covered tiny points. like a rasp. Even a small one can scrape the skin enough to draw blood.

[@jerryadams6799]

Plus they bite a lot more and a lot harder than the flat heads. they are more predatory than the flat heads

[@shack8110]

I don't mind handling fish, and getting muddy. It's pretty fun, but one thing that discourages me are flipping giant snappin turtles. Step on 1 of those and it's like sticking your foot in a bear trap.

[@cbobwhite5768]

Hannah Barron. Catfish in the US can go well over 100 pounds.

[@dylnfstr]

I imagine noodling came about because there's not a chance us backwoods boys were able to get ahold of fishing line that could keep a catfish that big and powerful on the hook. So they just had to go in and grab em. Also, the fish are so beaten up cause they'll fight each other. Same reason you see whales with squid marks all over them.

[@jerryadams6799]

Native Americans did this to catch food. They taught European and Spanish settlers how to do it.

[@hardtackbeans9790]

Catfish in the US can be very large. Not like SE Asia large but still pretty big. You really need large ones to 'noodle' because you can't stick your hand in the mouth of a small one. We call it 'poking for catfish' it is 'catfish noodling' in the deep south. I have done it a few times (when younger) & it is fun. I heard of one guy caught on about 60 lbs (28 kg). And there was no way it would break an arm. I guess if you were a little kid it might. Long story how you find them. Try to be short here. Feeling along a bank, you find holes. If one has a sandy entrance it has probably been fanned out & there is a fish it it. They seem to be in the middle of a river. So they are feeling under logs & rocks for the same sandy hole. Most times you will get no bigger than 20 lbs or so.

[@jamesstone9213]

Imagine that

[@gopherchucksgamingnstuff2263]

They put boxes in the river for them to live in. That is how they find them.

[@Selki933]

You can also reach in and get bit by an alligator snapping turtle

[@rchorsman6432]

Just done another noodling comment. I live in Oklahoma that we have a lot of beautiful lakes and rivers. We catch alot of large catfish here, up to 300 lbs, mostly 150 lbs, the bad things is most is back in holes in the river banks. U have a lot of snapping turtles, musk rats, beavers and large nest of very venomous snakes nest. Yes there have been individuals that have ied from the catfish drowning them. Catfish can live up to 10 to 12 hours out of water. We have the flathead, more head a little small body, blues, channel car, mud catfish, and Mississippi white that are solid white with pink eyes, very good to eat. We also in the catfish family are spoonbill or paddle fish, these look like a shark and get 200 lbs most 60 to 100lbs, they have large bill on their nose. These can only be catch. Y snagging them which is legal. These have no bone and are Excellent to eat or smoke. U can get Caviar like salmon out of them. Check out snagging large spoon bill in northeastern Oklahoma. God Bless

[@ashleydixon4613]

I’m from Arkansas-fishing, and catfish in particular, is really popular here, of course. BTW you would LOVE going to a Bass Pro Shop! There’s one about 10 miles from my house. But I know I am not the only one out there who thinks catfish are creepy af! Can’t tell you how many times I’ve been swimming in the lakes and certain rivers around here, and honestly been a bit freaked out in the back of my mind, knowing what’s really not so far away from me, lurking down in its hole, or under a rocky outcropping. Seriously! Just watch River Monsters: at least half of the fish Jeremy Wade is after are a species of catfish! Rationally I know they’re harmless, unless I’m trying to catch them like this...and I’m not. I really enjoy fishing-with a rod and reel-but you’re right: people do drown like this. Plus: I’m not crazy about the idea of sticking my arm in a hole with the intent of having a catfish bite down on me, and I sure don’t wanna risk an encounter with a snapping turtle in that hole!

[@jamesstone9213]

McDonald's has big fish

[@belvagurr403]

One of the noodlin’ shows had a that needed shoulder surgery because of the injury from it

[@sr71ablackbird]

i noticed that ya mentioned the european wells catfish. those are good size also. not sure if ya heard of it or not, however,, if ya get a chance, try to find a show from a tv station called animal planet. the show is called `river monsters' where a guy by the name of jeremy wade goes fishing all over the world and catches `river monster' fish.

[@AmberKelly82]

I won't do this lol. I live in Texas and I love fishing but I ain't getting in murky muddy water and sticking my dominant arm in a hole and hoping for the best 😂

[@melster48]

I’m from the North Georgia Mountains and I have heard from divers who have seen catfish as large as a man back in the 80’s. Supposedly they never stop growing. I have seen old black and white pictures of men standing next to fish that dwarfed them. I wouldn’t do this for any reason. 😁 I prefer trout fishing in our creeks

[@jamesstone9213]

No way!

[@angelmarcano6747]

Not only you sticking your hand but technically you doing it in the dark because that's muddy water and it gets murky, and I don't know how they do it without any goggles👍👏👏👏

[@nancystanton955]

I sed to live a lake in Ohio that had a dam. The Army Corps of Engineers came inspect it once and we went to watch. Two divers went down and back up after a few minutes. We all heard him tell his CO that there was a huge catfish at the base of the dam and it swam towards them. He then told his CO that they could courts martial him if they wanted but he wasn't going back down. The other guy nodded in agreement and they walked over to their dive trailer and started removing their dive gear. From the on nobody swam at that end of the lake. Fishermen have hooked the fish but it always breaks the line. He/she has been named Grumpy.

[@debrajohnston3450]

That's how my Uncle caught catfish, yella cats have the best taste

[@johnlake4809]

I'd marry her off to one off my sons just so I could see her on holidays!😊

[@christypriest30]

I once watched a gator probably at least 5 feet long (so not a big one) trying to get the biggest catfish I’ve ever seen in the wild but that catfish fought him hard enough that the gator gave up! Gators don’t like to put too much energy into catching prey. They are more opportunistic hunters

[@sherricopeland6393]

You find the hole with your feet then you go under I had one take me down a river into some brush

[@Shadowcub69]

You should watch gator hunting. THIS in a southern river near you. River Monsters.

[@philmakris8507]

You can hire the Barron's to teach you how and take you on noodling expeditions.

[@larrym.johnson9219]

I saw TV show years where they spoke of using your fingers to catch fish, it may have come from Yorkshire also there are a lot more interesting things to do, and places to see in America That don't have tourist boards or big promotional budgets. The real American experience.