| What's extreme fishing? | | | | pressure from adherents. It's now legal in |
| Only the most exciting, most thrilling, most fun | | | | fourteen states. |
| water sport ever created - that's what!a) | | | | It's recorded that southern American Indians used |
| Extreme fishing is fishing with a shot of | | | | to dive down and catch fish by hand and rural |
| adrenaline!b) Extreme fishing is regular fishing on | | | | settlers took up the tradition. Noodling is thought |
| steroids! | | | | by many to be the ultimate fishing sport. You |
| Trout and salmon fishing in small water (such as | | | | need a special permit to noodle. |
| streams and rivers) is extreme fishing! | | | | Conservationists oppose noodling as it could |
| Ice fishing is extreme fishing! | | | | reduce the fish population. Female catfish can take |
| Noodling (the practice of fishing for Catfish using | | | | seven years to become mature. However, |
| only your bare hands) is extreme fishing! | | | | because of the danger involved, few people |
| Extreme fishing uses the same techniques and | | | | actually fish this way. |
| methods as recreational fishing - it simply takes it | | | | Noodling isn't the only way of catching fish by |
| all one step further in the search for bigger, rarer, | | | | hand. In Britain, a more sedate version of hand |
| and more challenging fish. | | | | fishing is "trout tickling." This is the art of rubbing |
| Fish such as: | | | | the underbelly of a trout with your fingers. The |
| Peacock Bass | | | | trout goes into a trance state after a minute or |
| Masheer | | | | so, and can then be flipped onto the nearest bit |
| Goonch | | | | of dry land. |
| Tiger Fish | | | | Spear Fishing |
| And many others! | | | | Spear fishing is an ancient method of fishing |
| Fly-fishing | | | | where you use an ordinary spear or a specially |
| Fly-fishing is used mainly for salmon and trout, and | | | | designed variant. |
| sometimes for pike, bass, and carp. | | | | Traditional spear fishing is restricted to shallow |
| Fly-fishing involves tying artificial flies onto a hook | | | | waters, but the invention of the spear gun has |
| with thread, fur, feathers, and other materials, in | | | | made it more efficient. |
| sizes and colors to match naturally occurring food | | | | Small hand nets have been used since antiquity to |
| or to excite a fish. | | | | sweep up fish near the surface. |
| Fly rods are light and long while the lines are | | | | The Peacock Bass |
| relatively heavy. The fly may weigh very little and | | | | Some times it is the type of fish you go after |
| is usually attached to the line by leader, which | | | | that makes your fishing extreme. This "little guy" |
| may taper to a fine line, called the tippet. | | | | is a Brazilian Peacock Bass. |
| The main difference between fly-fishing and | | | | Peacock Bass differ from other species in their |
| casting is that in casting, you use the weight of | | | | color and their size. They generally range from |
| the lure and in fly-fishing, the fly you use the | | | | twenty-four inches to a normal of thirty inches at |
| weight of the line to place the fly where you | | | | least, if not larger. Also unlike their American |
| want it to be. | | | | cousins that prefer hiding in reeds etc., the |
| The Goonch | | | | Peacock Bass prefers the water in the middle of |
| You want big? | | | | the river. |
| How about fishing in India, specifically the River | | | | Found mostly in Colombia and the Oyapock River |
| Saryu in the Indian Himalayas for Goonch? | | | | in Brazil, the Peacock Bass inhabits both black |
| Big? | | | | water and white water. Peacock Bass stay in |
| The most common size caught is from twenty to | | | | slow moving deeper water close to the shore if |
| thirty pounds with fish of one hundred pounds or | | | | the habitat allows. |
| more not uncommon. But that's not all the world | | | | The Goonch |
| record Goonch is just over four hundred pounds. | | | | You want big? |
| That's enough to feed an entire town. | | | | How about fishing in India, specifically the River |
| Goonch is a species of Catfish. They are not easy | | | | Saryu in the Indian Himalayas for Goonch? |
| to catch. They are prevalent in the waters | | | | Big? |
| however they are picky eaters. It is best to find | | | | The most common size caught is from twenty to |
| out what their natural diets consist of and match | | | | thirty pounds with fish of one hundred pounds or |
| your bait or lures as closely as possible. | | | | more not uncommon. But that's not all the world |
| The upper Ramganga River in India is also a prime | | | | record Goonch is just over four hundred pounds. |
| fishing river for these big fish. | | | | That's enough to feed an entire town. |
| Noodling | | | | Goonch is a species of Catfish. They are not easy |
| Noodling is where you use your bare hands | | | | to catch. They are prevalent in the waters |
| instead of tackle to catch a fish, usually a type of | | | | however they are picky eaters. It is best to find |
| catfish. | | | | out what their natural diets consist of and match |
| Noodling is also known as "grabbling," "hogging, | | | | your bait or lures as closely as possible. |
| "dogging" and "stumping." Officially, it's known as | | | | The upper Ramganga River in India is also a prime |
| "hand fishing." Noodling is only legal in certain | | | | fishing river for these big fish. |
| states, mostly southern states including Arkansas | | | | That's some that you have to know about |
| and Oklahoma. | | | | Extreme Fishing. |
| Noodling was made legal in Missouri in 2005 after | | | | Thank you for Reading. |