Noodling for catfish has been introduced to the general public through the following productions:
• “Late Night with David Letterman” in 1989: Jerry Rider of Oklahoma hand-grabbed for a catfish in front of a national television audience. Rider entered a huge tank and caught a catfish with his bare hands.
• “Okie Noodling”: A serious film documentary about the history of noodling by Bradley Beesley that aired on PBS in 2001.
• “Okie Noodling 2”: A follow-up film by Beesley in 2008 about noodling.
• Okie Noodling Tournament: An annual noodling contest held in Oklahoma prompted by Beesley’s first film.
• “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel: Host Mike Rowe and two Oklahoma fishermen went noodling in this 2003 pilot episode.
• Fox’s Fearless: A 2007 DVD describing the history and practice of noodling.
• Girls Gone Grabbling: A DVD by Catfish Grabblers about women who noodle for catfish.
• Hillbilly Handfishin’,: A Discovery Channel television series based in Oklahoma that began airing in 2010.
• Mudcats: A television series on the History Channel that debuted in 2012.
• River Monsters: A television series on the Animal Planet network that debuted in 2012.
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