First Time Catfish Noodling with Dan Bailey & Hannah Barron!

No, no. Why'd it do me that way?

It don't work. Yeah, you can't really feel it. What?

Oh, wait, I didn't feel that. I'm making Chaz a courage drink so he'll stick his hand in a hole and get bit. Tell me when.

Good.

You can hit it one more time.

Okay. Girl, you gotta get him loosened up. Oh, no. I'll be sleeping here, bro. Look at the scars in her arm.

I might need a tube sock to put on my forearm, buddy. We got some. All right, cool. Yeah, we make those. They make them for kidney asses, so we. I'm not putting the Sagamire in front of him. Or her. No way. But I did hear if we catch one, we're going to cook it, right? That same one we cat. Yeah, we going to fry some catfish today. Fry some catfish? We going fry it. They beat tilapia from Walmart, but we going. That's a funny one.

Well, he's already said he won't do it. Why not? I didn't. I don't have a. A fishing license.

I'm a cameraman. That's what I do. I'll hold the camera, buddy. I got to hold camera. I can't break any hands. I gotta hold the camera and jerk.

My gosh. Hey, I'll be shocked if Chaz actually pulls one out. What do you mean? You calling me weak, bro? I thought you were struggling with the little two pound bass. Chaz, hold it like a grown ass man. Please. Oh, God. Chaz, do not let him go in the water. Do not let him go in the water. Just grab him.

Hey, man, you think he's gonna do good?

I got faith.

I'm nervous. I'm sorry. Okay, let's go. Wait a minute. Okay, I'm ready. Did you stop? I'm ready. Look at that thing. I hope I'm like that at 53. There you go. You ain't got for 13. I know. I'm not there.

Oh, no, man. What are we doing today?

All right, y', all, we finally got these two down here at the river with us, and I think Chaz just learned that we're not taking a boat. We're wading the whole way. How do you feel about that?

Well, there's a lot of things that were left out of this conversation that I was not aware of, so just keep. Keep it rolling. This whole trip's a surprise. This whole trip is a surprise, Jeff. It's good, though.

Yeah, it's gonna be fun. We're gonna catch some catfish Yep. Who's going first, Dan?

I'll go first. Yeah, yeah. I'll break the seal there. Yeah, no problem. Sure. I wasn't too nervous coming down here, but now that we're standing on the edge of the water setting in a.

Little bit, but water's down, so the.

Boxes are gonna be super shallow, and we're with pros. I'm nervous because it's real right now, Jeff. It's real. I was having fun before this moment, and I'm. My heart's pumping.

All right, y' all ready? Y' all ready?

We ain't found a fish yet. That was a good one. We ain't found a fish, so y' all don't worry. We may not even find a fish. Nah, we'll find. I got some water in my damn shoes.

He had socks on. You didn't yell at him? Yeah. Got socks on. Yeah, we told him he was an idiot. No, I'm a trend setter.

All right, so we're going to keep a foot in the hole. Hope y' all block it. And then you go in on either the right or left side. So we'll take one foot out, and you'll go in beside us.

Yep.

And run your arm all the way up to your shoulder in the hole.

Coaching cues here.

And then that's where the butt. See?

But you can keep your head up on these.

Yeah, right.

That is rare. We don't have hardly any other than here where you can head up and talk about it. You're welcome, cats.

Yeah. Because. Hey, buddy, I ain't. I ain't prepared for this. I need a snorkel because we shouldn't find hilarious. It's like a garden hose held up here like this.

This napping turtle's hanging on the bottom of the water ever.

No. You'll see the bubbles. That they are.

Oh, there he went.

He is so far in there. Holy is nailed. Do you hear it? Got the whole stick. The whole stick. Is there one in there, Alex? Yeah. Yeah. Hey, he got one in there.

What do you need me to do? This one will be the easy one. Okay, well, let me get that one if it's going to be the easiest one. Okay, well, this is definitely going to be the easiest one, probably. All right, D. You want me to do it? Yeah, you should probably test it out, Dan. All you got to do is drag him. I got him by the bottom jaw. Right. I'll spot you. I'm sorry. You do a job Where? My spot. You open your hand up. Open my hand up? Yeah. Okay. Oh, there he is. He's holding good. Okay, let's go, baby. How hard do I pinch? How hard do I pinch? As hard as you can. Come on, Dan.

I am so happy I did not grab that thing. Look at the size of this thing. Holy smokes, bro. You said it was gonna be an easy one.

Came right out. Oh, my Lord. Can I touch it? You gonna be touching it after a while. That's crazy. Oh, yeah, buddy. You are lunch, my friend. Biggest fish I've ever caught. Two, one. Boom. We get. All right, we caught a catfish. That's all I got. I just didn't know when it was gonna. You know, he was telling me to hold on tight because it's gonna fight, and I just didn't know where that was gonna start or when it was gonna start. So he just slowly kind of got him out, and he, like, came up out of the hole quick, but then it's like. After you got him out, then he went nuts.

Yeah, he's tied to the boat now.

Yeah, he's not going anywhere. You can put him in.

All right, Dan, let's go. Keep doing manly.

This is your becoming a man. Coming of age. Coming of age. At 40. 40. I have two kids, beautiful wife, house job, CrossFit games. Ellie. But today, I became a man. Proud of you. Thank.

You. Oh, we got one. Oh, jazzy boys up.

Super shallow, man. You're good.

You don't even have to go on the water, probably.

Yeah. I'm gonna keep both feet in there, and I want you to wad your fist up and stick it in there. Okay. Here. First off, let me get. Let me. I got this. Oh, my God. I can't believe I'm about to do this. You about to do this. Got it, bro. Yeah. Well, you don't. You don't want me. You want me to grab this? No.

I can't believe I'm doing this. Oh, my God. You got it. Oh, my God. Where am I going? I'm proud of you. Oh. Let's go, Chad. You got it, brother. Oh, my God.

Are you kidding me? Is there one in there? Yeah, there's a face right there.

Breathe. Just keep going. What do you mean? Hannah. What's up?

What are you.

What's going on?

Oh, my God. This thing's gonna bite the out of me. Jeff. It ain't gonna bite you, all right? Dan didn't have to do all his work, brother.

I told you.

Oh, my God. Hannah. Why am I doing this?

What the. Where is it, Jeff? Oh, my God. I don't know if it's this.

Okay. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Okay. You good? Get back in. Get back in there. You got it. Great. You're doing great. Step one. Oh, Jeff, I thought you with me, but this is for real.

First off, for real. Is this fish the same size as his fish?

We don't know how big.

Can you go in there and fill your frigate out for me? No. Damn, Jeff. I'm a man, huh? Yeah, you are a man. Yeah, you are a man. I'm a man. Yeah.

Where is it? Is it right here? It got out.

They're having babies.

They're in there, huh?

What is that kind of look is there? Oh, he just bit my hand.

Ready? Yeah.

You know, hey, he's our boy, though. He's gonna get one. Okay. We got partway there. You know what? I haven't technically. Okay. It's all right. It's all right.

No, hey. They're hard to hold on to.

He said they're harder on two. Look at his arms and the. Look at. They're tough to get hold of. So hard to hold on to. Just. All right, all right, we're. Damn it. Yeah.

Box is right there, Chad. There's a box there.

Sam. We gonna get him today, Jeff. Yeah. You gonna fix it being my pan? Oh, there he is.

Oh, damn. Oh. Oh, okay. Oh, God damn. Oh.

About 3,000 miles an hour right to my right nut. It literally just slapped the out of my nuts. Nice old mess. Sorry for the vulgar language.

Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on. Look at that. That's a man right there, brother. I can barely hold it up. Look at that. I'm shaking.

Look at the size of his arm.

And the size of the fish. Yeah, that's good eating, huh?

Good job, buddy.

Give me some. All right, let's string this up before he gets loose again. Don't bring him. Whip me in the nuts. I knew it was in me.

When you're out here trying to grab the noodle. Hang on. When you're out here on the river trying to play with your noodle, there's more protein in this one meat stick than that entire catfish.

Not true, not true, not true, not true. If you happen to find yourself out on the river catching catfish with your damn hand, if you're out on the river and a five foot tall girl is acting like more of a man than you are, grab a first form meat stick.

What does it say?

27.8. And what's the biggest one you've caught before?

70.

70. That is savage. That is, bro. I think they're doing good. Yeah, really good. I was impressed. Chaz was. Chaz was the main concern. We just need to get. We need to get the full blown bite. Blue cat, about 40 or 50 pounds. That's what we're. That's what we need. And then just go ahead and hear some screams and.

Hell yeah. You got him. You bitchy. Mm.

Hell yeah, Dan. Let's go. Let's go.

You got away, man.

They tough.

That's all right. Hey, you some baby. Hell yeah.

That was fun, wasn't?

Yeah, that was fun.

You get bit, ain't it?

Yeah.

Get in there and block.

Oh, yeah. Holy. Goodness gracious. Holy.

Did it bite? Hell yeah. You got it? No, I don't. It let go. Okay. That thing is.

What? O. All right.

Oh. Oh.

Bro. What in the.

It bit through the damn gloves. That's crazy.

Oh, hell no. I ain't sign up for this. No. And it nicked my finger. Oh, man. You have had worse scratches than that on my nat stick. Come on. No. You know.

You know as we're standing here in this hunt.

Go. Let's go get this fish. Somebody get this fish. D. You going to get it? I'll try again. Try again. Your leg over a little bit. I'll try again. You don't get them. I'll get them. Look, you know, give yourself one or two more tries. You got it. Get in there. First form outdoors. Experience more. There is no place. Grab that, Joe.

Oh, he got it. Got it. I need to put my hand in there. Oh, that's a blue cat. For real. You got him? Oh, hold on. Holy goodness. God damn gracious. That is a bear in there, bro. That ain't no fish.

Hell. I'm okay, brother. I'm. I'm good. I want you to get it. Get it. No, I do not want to get this fish, bro. I tried. I'm going to tell you, this is damn fucking bear in there. I don't want it. It's not helping at all. No. Who? I can't find him. No, he'll find you. Give it a second. He will find you. It's like putting your arm in the death trap, brother. Stop. I'm sorry. I'm just being honest, Dan. I'm not gonna ever lead you astray. I got him. Ready? What a man.

I just don't have a good like. It's like. Oh, yeah. Now it's clamped. Hold on.

Hold on, buddy. He hit hard. That's what I'm saying. But then you just Grab his jaw. Hey, buddy.

Yeah. I'm not built for this, boy. I'll be honest.

Tastes better after you catch cat catfish.

We done?

We done. Unless y' all want to go get more.

No, we done. What are we going to do now?

I think Chad is hungry.

Yeah, we're going to go bring up these blue cats that we all caught. Little feisty, little filler. The one that bit me, he's getting cut up first. I think we're going to cook some fish. What it sounds like pretty fired up for that. It's always cool to cook something that you caught.

All right, there it is right there. That's money, dude. That's money right there.

Delicious, man. Jeff, you want to cook some catfish, brother? Oh, wow. I'm dying. Eat too much catfish, does he? Yeah. Got the meat sweats. Jeff over there kept loading up my plate. I just asked for a little pudding and a little ice cream. Walked away with half a quart of both. I didn't want to disrespect the man in his own house trying to eat it all. I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack. So hot.

Had a freaking fantastic day noodling for catfish, and then Jeff gave me type 1 diabetes.

Dang, amazing hospitality. Fed us way too much.

Noodling for the first time was definitely an experience. I'm just happy Dan was there to slack. Bring in. Bring the fish home. And amazing coaches here. Make sure you, like, comment, subscribe and appreciate y'. All. Appreciate y'. All. We'll see you next time.

Thank you, buddy. Yeah, let me go stick my finger down my throat.

Oh, damn that.

I know it won't hurt me.

Oh, God, that was hilarious. Let's keep those fishies away from the cameraman, please.