A long while back I blogged something about the extreme sport of “Noodling.” This is where some very brave (but not too bright) folks feel their way underwater along the sides of a riverbank until they feel a hole, then shove their arm in that hole in hopes a monster-sized carp (and not a snapping turtle) will bite onto their hand. The WSJ on Wednesday ran a story about the Polish obsession with carp in the town of Dorking, England. The Poles don their wetsuits, grab a spear gun or net, and search the English rivers for these wily creatures, leaving the English in an uproar over the Poles' unsportsmanlike like fishing conduct. As it turns out the Brits are willing to pay up to $40 a day to fish stocked private ponds in search of the choicest of carp specimens. Then there’s Mike, fishing front the back of the “Lucky Girl,” with the look of disappointment in his eyes as he pronounces, “It’s only a carp.” Come to think of it, I never hear Keith, Dan, or Steve bragging over their carp catches either. Maybe we’ve all overlooked the finer attributes of Cyprinus carpio.
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I will probably have to console myself with some Wii fly fishing at this point. I doubt they have the Nintendo Noodling game out yet.
Another fine sport marred by the europeans. Noodilin has been popular for some time in the Southern US although the preffered game is catfish. I've been on a few outings where it has been tried but never seen it successfully pulled off. I am not about to stick my arm in a deep dark hole underwater to take a shot at any fish carp or catfish.
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