Missouri conservation agents recently discovered illegal "noodling" boxes used to capture catfish in Pomme de Terre Lake, ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation is reminding residents that noodling, a type of catfishing, is illegal after finding ...

LAKE OZARK, Mo. — Two Missouri men have been charged after using an illegal technique to catch catfish in the Lake of the Ozarks. Agents with the Missouri Department of Conservation recently received ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The noodlers are revolting! And their uprising is being felt all the way from rural streams -- where they plunge bare-knuckled after big catfish -- to the Missouri Statehouse. Noodling ...

Conservation Fisheries Division Chief Steve Eder says the current push to outlaw noodling is mainly due to over-fishing. "13% of the fish that were tagged had already been caught and harvested," said ...