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Noodle Minks

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Two mink noodeling for catfish in a drainag canal.

For those of you not familiar with this hobby "noodling" is a method of fishing sometimes practiced in the southern United States that uses no bait or tackle. The objective is to use your own hand as bait and grab on to the mouth of a catfish when it tries to eat your hand.
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It is obviously not a hobby for the faint hearted. The best place to find catfish is in stagnant swampy water which is enough to deter most people. Their is also the very real risk of finding snapping turtles, alligators, or poisonous snakes waiting in a hole instead of a catfish. If however, you aren't a complete wuss noodling can be a lot of fun as well as a very primal way of experienceing the natural world. Also catfish are delicious.

Mink are quite skilled at fishing and the hobby of using mink to catch fish is another interesting activity youtu.be/3m1_T4Pw8kQ

I love using my drawings as a way to share these traditions and activities with others.
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Jun 22, 2017, 9:34:38 PM
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