![]() ![]() SPANGLER: But when I went in there that first time today and just reached my arm in there and came up with the catfish, it was just like - it was like it all paid off. Eli is pretty excited he finally caught one today. SETYAWAN: They've been noodling for over five years now, sinking their own plywood boxes and even a bathtub to encourage catfish to spawn. SPANGLER: I'm sure that he just felt like it was the right thing to do. Back at Caney Lake, Eli Spangler says that they're happy McFarland pushed for its legalization. SETYAWAN: That makes Louisiana the 17th state to legalize noodling. MCFARLAND: So let's just go ahead and define it as legal, and everyone can enjoy the sport. So this year, McFarland introduced a bill to change that. SETYAWAN: At the time, none of that was legal. JACK MCFARLAND: And I think part of it initially was just that, man, I can't let my son show me up. He then taught his dad, who happened to be a state representative, Jack McFarland. SETYAWAN: A couple of years ago, these guys taught another friend how to noodle. SPANGLER: We're always doing this together. SETYAWAN: This is the first time Eli has caught a catfish with his bare hands. SPANGLER: That's what I'm talking about, baby. His brother, Rett, holds the boat to make sure it doesn't float off too far away. SETYAWAN: Eli catches his breath, secures the goggles on his face, and dives back in the water. And then when you get them locked, do the same thing to the other side, and he ain't going nowhere. And then just lock your fingers like this. JOHN ROBERT BLAKE: You put one finger behind his gill, and that'll open his mouth up. ![]() One of his buddies, John Robert Blake, says it's all about technique. ![]() He dives under and sticks his hand in an old tire, grabbing a blue catfish with his bare hands.ĮLI SPANGLER: Almost. One of them, Eli Spangler, wears snorkeling goggles. KEZIA SETYAWAN, BYLINE: On a scorching July day on Louisiana's Caney Lake, two friends are waist deep in the shallow water, another on a small motorboat. Kezia Setyawan of member station WWNO in New Orleans takes us to a lake to learn how it's done. It's called noodling, and a new law legalizing it goes into effect today. ![]() And now to Louisiana, where some people like to fish by sticking their arms into murky water, feeling around for catfish and grabbing one by the mouth. ![]()
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