"With a little luck, the noodler jams his thumbs into the corners of the fish’s mouth and hooks his fingers under its gills, affording a firm hold on the fish and offering protection from the thousands of tiny maxillary teeth that carpet its jaws."
"Even a catfish’s hiding place can become a potentially lethal man trap. “You’ll be underwater with your hand way up in a little hole—and what I’m calling a little hole is one that’s real tight around your arm—and all of a sudden you’re out of air,” says McFarlin. “You’ll literally have to tell yourself, ‘Calm down,’ and remember how you got in there. Because that’s the only way you’re going to get your arm back out of the hole.”" [via Outdoor Life]
