A noodler competing in the Okie Noodling Tournament carries his catfish in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma June 30, 2007. Noodling is the sport of fishing by hand as opposed to using a rod and reel. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES) 

Colby Deck noodles for catfish in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma June 30, 2007. Noodling is the sport of fishing by hand instead of using a rod and reel. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES) 

Colby Deck noodles for catfish as Jesse Goates (R) watches in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma June 30, 2007. Noodling is the sport of fishing by hand as opposed to using a rod and reel. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES) 

Colby Deck noodles for catfish in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma June 30, 2007. Noodling is the sport of fishing by hand instead of using a rod and reel. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES) 

A noodler demonstrates how to noodle for catfish inside a demonstration tank at the Okie Noodling Tournament in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma June 30, 2007. Noodling is the sport of fishing by hand as opposed to using a rod and reel. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES) 

A noodler demonstrates how to noodle for catfish in a holding tank at the Okie Noodling Tournament in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma June 30, 2007. Noodling is the sport of fishing by hand as opposed to using a rod and reel. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES) 

Colby Deck, 18, hands a catfish that he caught by hand over to his friend Jesse Goates in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma June 30, 2007. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES) 

Noodlers unload their catfish at the Okie Noodling Tournament in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma June 30, 2007. Noodling is the sport of fishing by hand as opposed to using a rod and reel. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES) 

A child reacts as he stands next to noodlers holding catfish at the Okie Noodling Tournament in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma June 30, 2007. Noodling is the sport of fishing by hand as opposed to using a rod and reel. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES) 

Colby Deck dives underwater to noodle for catfish in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma June 30, 2007. Noodling is the sport of fishing by hand instead of with a rod and reel. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES)