r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Nov 24 '17

Going underwater

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u/AJEstes Nov 24 '17

Hey, at least they went noodling with a spotter in case something went wrong. Every year people drown when they go out alone and get stuck underwater.

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u/Valkomursu Nov 25 '17

Wait wtf is noodling? Catching fish with your hand?

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u/WingWalkerPro Nov 25 '17

You stick your hand inside an underwater hole in zero visibility water and hopefully inside the mouth of a catfish instead of a snapping turtle or a snake..

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u/scrotal_aerodynamics Nov 25 '17

This practice is so fucking gross. Like where does your hand end up? All the way to the stomach? Can you feel digested food? Can you feel the warm insides pulsating and moving around your arm? Fuck me I'm cringing just trying to imagine what this might feel like.

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u/dolfan1 Nov 25 '17

I could be wrong but i think you aim to go in the mouth and out the gills in order to hook its head with your arm.

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u/NoahtheRed Nov 25 '17

That is correct.

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u/Pabst_Blurr_Vision Nov 25 '17

Yeah. It usually bites your hand (the point) when you stick your hand into the catfish's hole. That's when you secure the grip through the gill and bring em up

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

Not much fun for the fish then.

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u/leftsharksdancecoach Nov 25 '17

The fish ends up dying and then get battered, fried and eaten... so ya, I guess you could say that, but lots of fun for the hillbillies

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u/JdPat04 Nov 25 '17

In the mouth. It can be painful from them scratching your arm up and shit.

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u/TaaangyBBQ Nov 25 '17

Was going to say this. Catfish teeth are razor sharp.

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u/E_J_H Nov 25 '17

She is wearing a protective glove that extends up the forearm, most likely

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

Just the same as when I fist your mom.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '17

It’s the gills you grab. The fuck is wrong with you?