Fishing is a popular pastime here in the Sooner State — just ask Paul George, who surely would not have recommitted to the Thunder if not for Oklahoma’s plentiful lakes and streams. And hey, even if Okies were not the ones to invent noodling, we certainly played a huge role in popularizing the sport of […]
noodling
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Sporting injuries bite
The 17-year-old injured a ligament in his thumb while noodling and feared the worst after a doctor told him he might not be able to throw a ball for an entire season, he told News9. “I had some choice words,” his coach, Steve Barrett, told the TV station. Good news, though. He was cleared to […]
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Okies noodlin’
Noodling — a term for fishing for catfish using only one’s bare hands — has increased in popularity in Oklahoma and abroad, perhaps due in large part to native Oklahoma filmmaker Bradley Beesley’s 2001 documentary on the oddball sport, “Okie Noodling,” and its 2008 sequel, “Okie Noodling II.” “I think people just have an insatiable […]