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Missouri Approves Fishing With Bare Hands

By SCOTT CHARTON, Associated Press Writer

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Next summer, it will be legal to plunge into some
Missouri rivers and grab catfish by hand - a type of fishing that is
not for the faint of heart.

Known variously as noodling or hogging, handfishing has long been a
misdemeanor punishable by fines, because state officials fear it
depletes breeding-age catfish. It can also be dangerous: Noodlers
hold
their breath for long periods under water and sometimes come up with
fistfuls of agitated snakes or snapping turtles instead of fish.



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