The 2024 Okie Noodling Tournament and Festival in Pauls Valley is this weekend offering participants the opportunity to compete in catching catfish with just their hands. Here's what to know about the ...

The world of hand fishermen, best known as noodling, will take center stage with the return of the 25th annual Okie Noodling Tournament this weekend in Pauls Valley. Heavy rainfall and severe storms ...

PAULS VALLEY — Keita Tanida and Hirotoshi Azuhata have scaled the horizons of the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan, but for the mountain men, nothing was more glorifying than what waited for them in ...

Noodling is when people catch catfish using their hands as both the bait and the hook. It is legal in only 17 states in the U.S. Thousands of people from all over the world make the pilgrimage to ...

They should probably erect a statue of Kodi (Morrison) Bennett to display each year at the Okie Noodling Festival in Pauls Valley. Bennett — a former Byng High School assistant softball coach and East ...

If you have a fishing, hunting, or outdoor snapshot you’d like to see featured, send it to Tess Maune on Facebook. PAULS VALLEY, Okla. - A huge congratulations to Phierce Williams for being the 2025 ...