Originally Posted by
webmost
Maybe they call it noodeling in Oklahoma. Far as I ever knew, the good old English word for fishing with your fingers is guggling. Back in the stone ages, when I was a lad, we guggled trout, up at our fave camping spot other side of Forest Home in the San Berdoo mountains. You lay on a tree root or some such, where there's a likely fish hole under the bank. You dangle your hands in the water until they freeze & prune up. You wiggle your fingers slow like they might be worms. Eventually, even a trout gets curious. Comes, nips, speeds away. Comes back, nips, speeds away. Once you get one to where he will tolerate you petting him (cause every critter on Earth seems to like human hands petting), you may have exactly one chance to snag him in the gills. Takes patience; but it works. Believe it or not. I've eaten them.
I've never done catfish, tho. Why someone would want o eat a crap slurping bottom feeder... but then, people go nutso for blue crabs, so...
Catfish are a bit mislabeled because they hunt at the bottom. They do not prefer to slurp "crap" for food. They are opportunistic feeders for sure and will eat carrion, but so will most fish. Most catfish prefer live prey. They are carnivores and feed on other fish, insects, worms, and crustaceans.
The fact that they feed towards the bottom does make them more likely to ingest non-soluble solid environmental pollutants, which collect at the bottom. I guess you can classify that as crap slurping based upon your perspective.
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