Noodling for GIANT Catfish with Hannah Barron

We're going noodling, boys.

I got to move.

What do I do now?

>> Uh, we got Brunt Day on the water with

Hannah Baron, her dad, Jeff.

>> Oh, that's nice.

Got all new Brunt clothing. I'm going to

be noodling in boots today. Thank you to

Brunt. Uh they make the best work wear

on the planet. Uh Josh is, I think,

probably the most excited about today.

Steve is the least excited. They've been

doing a lot of research. I haven't

looked at one video because I don't

really want to know what we're getting

into today. What's noodling? Well, I'll

tell you what's noodling.

>> No. Okay, that different noodling.

Steve, tell us what noodling is.

>> Steve's nickname is Big Noodle on this

episode, by the way. So, Big Noodle.

>> Basically, noodling is uh shove your

hand in a pole and get a catfish.

>> It's actually warm here, which is nice.

So, that's that's better than flipping

the boat the other week. That was cold.

>> We're in Nashville last night for Tra's

incredible celebrity softball

tournament.

>> Ball all three times.

>> Still do stuff.

>> NO.

>> NO.

>> POP FL CENTER FIELD. Thank you very

much. He did good. And then uh we were

driving about an hour here and uh Steve

had a couple cocktails and then he

mentioned to us that he didn't get his

bags out of the hotel. So we looked

right around on the interstate, drove an

hour back to Nashville to the hotel in

downtown Nashville traffic. Turned

around yet again and then drove all the

way down to Alabama and still made it

here before the sun came up.

>> How's it going, Hannah?

>> It's my boy. So

>> that that's all right. So Hannah's a

little under the weather. Uh but she's

coming out here anyway. I really

appreciate it.

>> I barely survived but thriving. What's

up, dude?

>> How are you, sir?

>> Dude, I am so excited about this.

>> I know it.

>> I'm actually I'm the opposite of so

excited. I am so unexited, but because

Jeff is here.

>> You're excited.

>> I'm excited.

>> Well, that's good.

>> So, we had made a deal when these guys

came to us land.

>> Oh,

they're like, "You got to come noodle."

And I one thing I am is a man of my

word. And he got me to say okay on

camera. I almost cried that night and I

thought I really don't want to do this.

>> I think Hannah's already over there. So,

we can go right yonder. We'll all load

the boats and we'll back in and we'll be

ready to go.

>> Damn, we need Hubert to translate.

>> Yeah, we got it.

>> We got got subtitles. Is great. You said

yonder.

>> Yonder.

>> Yonder is a form of distance measurement

in the south. Uh, what else do we need

to cover? Yonder. Uh, about weather.

They're hollering rain. That means the

weatherman says there might be

precipitation in the future. And

britches are pants or shorts. Fancy

shirts.

>> I'll fill you in on the rest. Okay. Come

on, boys. I don't know.

>> Is it still like a mud hole then? Or you

like

>> It's like a cornhole board with a hole

cut in.

>> Yeah. Okay.

>> Yeah, literally.

>> I like cornhole.

>> Yeah.

>> You guys want to play some cornhole? We

can just skip this whole thing,

>> you know?

>> Now, how big are most of these catfish?

Like, how much do they weigh? I've seen

them on video and they look massive, but

like how much?

>> You said 80 lbs up to Well,

>> we hadn't caught We hadn't caught them

that big here. Jeff has, but years ago.

biggest that we've caught here. I caught

157 two weeks ago here.

>> Holy cow.

>> They blew my fingernail off.

>> Oh, damn.

>> She made me a little fake nail to go

over half of it.

>> Whole nail.

>> It tore half of it off. Jonathan had to

tear it the rest of the way.

>> Fun. All right.

>> You might have to get your nails redone.

>> Are you willing to take that risk?

>> I'm willing to break a nail today, guys.

I'm willing to break a nail. You

>> just put your fist just in the hole. Or

was there a tab?

>> Yeah. All down.

So when when it bites, you just

>> Yep. Yep. Cuz he's going to pop you. He

just going to go and then he's going to

back up. You got to grab.

>> So you got to kill your reflexes.

>> So don't put your fingers out of it to

break them off.

>> Well, they're mostly blues. They're not

going to break them all. Just break

them.

>> Okay. Just break them. They won't rip

them off.

>> But I would just grab them. Just grab

him like that on both both hands on that

bottom jaw. pull him up to you and wrap

your legs around him.

>> Wait, wrap your legs around them? You

got to wrestle a freaking catfish.

>> What was Tripper Josh saying? The the

fins got venom.

>> They're nasty.

>> The little ones do.

>> Wait, what?

>> Yeah.

>> Well, you didn't even mention that part.

>> No, the No.

>> No. Like, yeah, don't worry about it.

>> The little ones.

>> That's the channel. Google said you

might have to go to the hospital.

>> I got stuck right there by a little

channel cat years ago, but it was a

little channel cat and I was dumb and he

blew out of the hole and I bear hugged

him in. You ain't going to the hospital.

>> Ain't anybody going to the hospital?

>> We ain't going to the hospital.

>> You're fine.

>> Rub some gas on it or something. We

ain't going to the hospital.

>> Sounds good.

>> Where are we at here? Is this our first

stop?

>> First box.

>> Oh gosh.

>> Just to see if there's one in there

first.

>> How do you see? How do you know?

>> Put a stick in

>> and

>> he'll bite the stick or you'll just

feeling.

>> Oh gosh. What do you think? I

>> think I'm going to tie my brunt.

>> Oh, you're taking them in. Yeah. You're

going to if you're going to have to

wrestle it by the way it sounds, you

might need some cleats on the bottom.

>> Yep. Fish in the hole.

>> Oh, you're already up, buddy.

>> Ah,

>> hey, you might want to take that watch

off.

>> Josh is wearing the I was going to see

my heart rate was, but I guess the whoop

might be gone. Fish might

>> Daddy's lost like three watches to

catfish.

>> All right. Well, here. Hold my whoop and

watch this.

>> Big noodle. Get on. Captain that boat.

>> Yep. Cold water. Let's go. That's

actually not bad. Grab.

>> Grabs in the hole. Jonah,

>> don't let me get in your way. I'm

>> good.

There you go. Now I got

>> I found the hole, guys.

>> I don't think so.

>> No.

>> Let's go, go.

>> Oh gosh.

>> This is the man that does flips and

[ __ ]

I wonder who's got a bigger lung

capacity here.

>> Not me. I got four seconds. Not

>> Steve's got the same problem.

>> He got out. got out.

>> [ __ ] I'm sorry.

>> Did he feel him?

>> Where'd he go?

>> So way hand. He basically he reached in

and it went around him or what?

>> Yeah.

>> You just scared it off.

>> He was ready to leave and then he found

a little hole to get out and he took it.

>> Sorry. I should have I should have been

blocking more more of the hole. I just

wasn't wasn't really

>> When he gets ready to go, it's almost

impossible.

>> You got to You got to just clog it up.

>> I keep my leg in there, but y'all can't

do that. I stick my leg in there

sideways and then go in there like this.

>> Don't do that. We You ain't got Yeah, we

can't do that.

>> Is that so it can't get out or what?

>> Mhm.

>> You can tell it was a big fish, though.

>> I mean, I don't know what what a big

fish feels like, but it was It was

>> bigger than expected.

>> It was a fish.

>> It was a fish. I blew it, guys. I blew

it.

>> Just know that when he spins, he's going

to try to spin clockwise. You know, like

that.

>> They always go clockwise.

>> Yeah.

>> Interesting.

>> It's like an engine. He's going to be

busy thinking about which way a clock

spins.

>> No, I got I got you a rally. I know

right from left. I

>> I would be too busy thinking about a

clock over there.

>> Nothing in there. Nothing.

>> What were you

>> as far as like All right, noodling.

I I know there's a lot of things that

can go wrong with this, but what's in a

worst case situation? You put your hand

in there and it's not a catfish.

>> We ain't never had anything but a

catfish. These are boxes. though.

>> Do you ever do it without boxes?

>> When you go in the banks like Jonathan

does,

>> that's what you get turtles.

>> Nate, I I just heard

>> Beavers, baby.

>> Beavers? I didn't worry about I didn't

even know beavers were an option. I just

found out about muskrats from [ __ ] like

10 minutes ago.

>> This just keeps getting more dangerous.

>> Yeah, Nate caught him a snapping turtle

when we went with him in Texas in the

banks the other day.

>> How'd that go?

>> It bit him, but he didn't care.

>> So,

>> as long as you don't care, I think it's

fine, right?

>> Half his hand. Yeah. Just

>> Hannah, if you don't mind, can I see

your your right? So, what's what's

what's that from?

>> Catfish.

>> What's that from?

>> Catfish.

>> And that

>> catfish.

>> All right. I'm just checking

>> for you.

>> Yeah.

>> 10° C.

>> Anything else? What about that?

>> Catfish.

>> Actually, that's from the box when he

bit my foot.

>> Is there any injury on you that's not

from a catfish?

>> Um, I stabbed myself right there on

accident.

>> Just from funsies?

>> No, I was skinning out of a deer head.

>> Don't swim up in the ocean near me?

>> Yeah, Steve.

>> Yeah. Sorry. Big noodle comments. Oh,

>> much help finding that ball.

>> Oh, he in there though. Did he get out?

No, he's there.

>> Oh, come on, Trev. He's in there.

>> What did you shake your head though for?

>> How can you tell he was in there? You

saw this?

>> You didn't see him shake when it beat

him?

>> No. Was it a blue cat?

>> Probably.

>> Whoa.

>> Oh, really?

>> What' you say?

>> Nothing.

>> Nothing. You said it's a baby one that

barely feels anything. I mean, you guys

so much. Oh, don't worry. The blue cat's

the only ones that bite hard. Well,

looks like we found this blue cat,

y'all.

>> Okay.

>> You might better close your

>> close your

feet.

>> Do you need any other fingers?

>> Just keep your fingers.

>> Are they biting when you when you guys

open this and then

>> if he gets it,

>> he got bit.

>> He got bit.

>> How can you tell?

>> All the bumps came up too.

>> Almost got my fingers ripped off, but

>> Oh my god.

>> I grabbed it, but I didn't grab enough.

twisted and then it grabbed me again and

got two fingers.

>> Do you like it?

>> That was great.

>> He got bit.

>> But where's the fish?

>> He's not holding.

>> I'm not seeing any bubbles.

>> He can hold his breath a lot longer than

I can.

>> That mother,

boys.

>> Sorry, I didn't mean to cuss him. It's

biting me pretty good.

>> I don't think that's how you're supposed

to do it.

>> I DON'T KNOW HIM. LET'S GET HIM IN THE

BOAT.

>> I think you're supposed to put your hand

through his uh

>> He's still biting me.

>> Yeah, let me GET UP.

>> WHAT DO I DO NOW?

>> I didn't go over.

>> I don't know what to do now.

>> Oh, he's been

>> Hey, we've caught him before. That's our

>> Oh, perfect. How do I get my hand down?

>> I'm bleeding. I'm bleeding.

>> OKAY.

>> YES.

>> I GOT A FISH.

>> YES.

>> HEY, LOOK AT YOUR FISH. Caught him

before, though. See that tag?

>> Oh yeah,

>> we've caught him before.

>> Sweet. The first time it got me, I tried

to grab it and I pulled it and then it

got out and then I had my fingers out

trying to grab it and it took two and

spun around backwards.

>> I heard a little freaking awesome.

>> Well, this is the best way to This is

the first fish I've ever caught. I mean,

I went spear fishing once, but then I

left him because there was a shark that

came around and I just figured the fish

the shark wanted to fish more than I

did. But

>> wait, thank you.

>> Dude, that was

>> You did good, dude. No better than that.

>> That's Bobby the fish.

>> He looks like Carl.

>> Oh, Bobby. Is it Carl?

>> Oh [ __ ]

>> Dude, that thing's got some power.

>> Yeah. Don't Don't pet it, Josh.

>> I'm just trying to make it feel better.

>> Don't pet it.

>> WHOA. WHAT WE GOT?

>> 33. 34.

>> 34. 34.

>> Just another day in the office, boys.

>> Let's go. Y'all want to see what a

catfish tooth looks like? Oh, is it in

you?

>> I do see it. It's hard to see. It's like

transparent.

>> What?

>> All right. Hey,

>> like a little needle.

>> See it?

>> Yeah.

>> It's a bunch of them.

>> All right. Well, that's pretty freaking

awesome, dude.

>> Dude, you

>> Thank you.

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>> Hey, Big Noodle, you're up, man. Don't

worry about it. Just a, you know,

>> just split a flesh wound. So that's

>> Look at this EVs protection.

>> His mouth's going to be here like

Yeah, he's in there. Whoever wants it.

Oh.

>> Oh yeah.

>> BIG DOG.

>> LET'S GO, BIG NOODLE.

MAN,

>> he didn't even hesitate.

>> No,

>> man. He giggled more when this one This

is bigger than that one.

>> This one actually might be blue for how

Jab was hollering.

>> Is there any chance that the fish gets

out while he's got a hold of it and it

drags him off? Cuz

>> it's so small.

>> They roll. They flip me.

>> Holy moly. You all right, kid?

>> The 57 lb when I was upside down cuz he

was flipping me.

>> Jonathan said, "Watch you upside down."

>> Come on, Steve.

>> Big noodle.

>> Big noodle.

>> He hates the water.

>> I don't know if he can hear us.

>> I got him in the death pool cuz he he

hates water so much.

>> Here we go. We got him down.

>> OH MY GOD.

>> OH MY GOD.

>> COME ON.

>> WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

>> I had it out. Good.

[ __ ]

>> Yeah.

>> How'd it feel?

>> My thumb hurts, but that's it.

>> Dude, it looks like it almost

hit.

>> Your feet were above your head for a

minute.

>> Cuz I'm short.

>> What do you think, Jeremy? Are you

nervous?

>> No.

>> I'm not nervous at all.

>> You should be.

>> I'm not jumping on this. I'm not

flipping through anything.

This is more your style.

>> Yeah. This is about the first time you

hung out with this crew that you're not

having to do some something that really

>> Exactly.

>> I just I don't want to spill it.

>> He's in there.

>> OH, JEREMY.

>> JEREMY.

>> Look at He's calm, cool, and collected.

He's like, "Yeah, it's time to get to

work.

>> Time to get to work, buddy."

>> HE'S ABOUT TO DIVE RIGHT OFF the

>> Man Jeremy not wasting any time. I saw

him a little bit scared at PRA land

doing back flips. He is not scared of a

catfish.

>> How you going?

>> Going under.

>> He's going.

>> He's in.

>> He's wrestling.

>> Oh, he's wrestling.

>> Got it.

>> Get it.

>> YEAH.

HOLY.

>> One and done.

>> Better put that in the boat quick. Put

that in the boat quick. That's a big

dude.

>> That's a blue one.

>> I don't really know how to help, BUT

>> BIG DUDE WILL GET HIM.

>> GOOD GOLLY.

>> WATCH THE SPEAR. BIG DUDE.

>> OH, HE'S NOT.

>> THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO.

>> Let's [ __ ] go. You bleed.

>> This is not real life. That's a fish.

I've never like I've never seen fish

like this before in my I didn't know

that existed.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah, buddy. What you think?

>> Huh?

>> Yeah, Jeremy.

>> Oh, that's huge.

>> Is that one going to be the same way?

>> Hell yeah, Jeremy.

>> I can't get that.

>> 45.2.

>> LET'S GO.

>> WAIT, JEREMY, you said you just when you

punching, you went straight to the side.

>> Straight until my fist couldn't go in it

anymore.

>> And then you grabbed it.

>> I didn't. I pulled it out. Now then Will

actually kind of

>> then I was kind of wiggling my hand into

the gill plate and then like she said,

you just bear hug that thing.

>> You just went in like a man.

>> Yeah. See, what I don't understand is

Steve never pulls out and he didn't

catch a fish.

>> What happened?

>> Big noodle.

>> You ready

>> for what?

>> I think you're up.

>> Am I up or are you guys going to try

again?

>> Did you do it? Your redemption. I mean,

I I definitely want to give it a go, but

you I want you to redeem yourself. You

got this.

>> Come over. All right. Come on. Come

over.

>> Come on, big boy.

>> Don't mess this up, man.

>> Lock the entire hole and just

>> just go and grab grab both hands. Wrap

your legs around it. Wrestle that son of

a gun.

>> You got this.

>> Confusing part is just like

>> What do you mean bit?

>> Don't forget your EBS detection.

>> Thanks.

>> Oh, we got big noodle. Steve going for

attemp number two.

>> Put you one handed.

>> All right. 3 seconds counting. Two

seconds. He's almost out of breath,

ladies and gentlemen.

>> He's out of breath.

>> Out of breath.

>> Get in there.

>> Come on, Steve. You hold your breath for

2.5 seconds. You got longer.

>> Big noodle, Steve. Big noodle, Steve.

>> Got him.

>> Oh, that's that's his maximum breath

hold.

>> He's drowning.

>> It's in there. Okay, good. Stop biting.

No, he's just wiggling.

>> That was like almost 6 seconds under

water. That was Steve's max.

>> Come on, buddy.

>> Don't let him GET OUT.

>> GET HIM, STEVE.

>> Come on, Steve.

>> You need your leg out, Steve? Yeah. Take

your leg out. Just stick your whole

body.

>> Get folded up. You want Josh to get in

there and show you how it's done?

>> No.

>> You heard it.

>> He's not.

>> Come on, Steve. Big noodle, Steve. This

is it. I feel good about it.

>> He's got it. He's got it. HE'S NOT

COMING UP WITHOUT

>> YES.

>> DID IT.

>> You got it.

>> Rest on that thing.

>> Yeah. Put Puts in the bottom. Yeah. You

got it.

>> Hey, he might do better holding him like

that.

>> Yeah, I got it.

>> There you go.

>> YEAH.

>> Took a while, but got her. Got her. Look

over here. Big noodle.

>> Big noodle.

>> Big noodle. Steve

>> back in action. That's what I'm talking

about.

>> All right. That is awesome.

>> All right, stripper. Let's go.

>> Let's go.

>> There's another in there.

>> There's another one in there.

>> Hold on that cuz there's another one.

>> There's another one. Come on, Josh. GET

IN, BOY. GO.

>> RIGHT ON. Q.

>> OH, BOY.

>> OH, he's got his me.

>> Where's the hole at?

>> I feel the box.

>> That's good. Stick your hand in it.

>> Come on, Josh.

>> Come on, buddy.

>> Stripper Josh, ladies and gentlemen, I

think this fish is going to get out.

It's rolling him. Look, IT'S TURNING HIM

AROUND.

>> Look at the Perkins boots.

>> Why do you got him? I had him.

>> Had him.

>> Holy [ __ ]

>> Why were you angry little bastards? Holy

[ __ ]

>> Put my foot.

>> It's still in there.

>> Josh was spinning. His feet were up. Get

the

What happened?

>> What What's happening, Josh? He's just

way back in the back of this box.

>> He's just He continuously I can I can

grab his butt all day long.

>> That's

spit.

>> Did he go shopping?

>> Got him.

>> Got him. He got him.

>> You got him. Get away.

>> Got away. Why are you drinking the

water? Way worse than I am.

>> What are you doing?

>> He's way worse than me.

>> Drag mind your business.

>> There we go. Come on, Josh. Grab

something.

>> Get up there, Josh.

>> Grab something.

>> OH, THERE.

>> YEAH.

>> GET HIM, BUDDY. GET HIM.

>> WRAP YOUR LEGS AROUND.

>> That's good.

>> I don't want a lawsuit.

Look at that one.

>> JACK'S GOT A FISH.

>> YEAH, BUDDY.

>> LOOK OVER HERE. GOOD JOB, DUDE.

>> YEAH,

>> there you go. Hold them. Look at that.

Steve, put that big smile on. Big

noodle.

>> Big noodle.

>> Perfect.

>> Dude, I don't understand how you guys

can hold your breath so little amount of

time.

>> It's It's It's not It's not about the

hold. You You can sit in like a swimming

pool and hold your breath, but when

you're under there fighting one of these

angry little guys, it's It's the

excitement because listen,

>> most people I mean I can hold mine for 2

minutes, but we do it all the time, you

know?

>> But when you're when you're excited and

your adrenaline's going, dude, you're

burning it up.

>> You don't. So,

>> jokes aside, you did a really good job

keeping the fish in the hole.

>> Yeah. It's it's like I can see in this

box, you we need to put a picture of

what this is so they can understand how

this thing is cuz the thing is 4 ft deep

and it's got a half moon on the bottom

and a half moon and I'm sure there's a

reason for that. But when when you're in

there trying to grab it, it's all the

way in the back as knowing something's

trying to get it. And then all of a

sudden, as soon as you stop, it like

hits you like hard. Like it knocks you

backwards.

>> You are up, sir.

>> You're not going.

>> No, I was going to go, but he said the

Sorry, I was just going to steal the big

fish. All right, jump in, man.

>> Quit thinking. Just do it.

>> Dude, I'm nervous. I'm super nervous.

>> I mean, I don't like snakes. That has

nothing to do with this. I'm not going

to put that out there.

Stick in your hole down there in the

bottom of the murky water, dude. Waiting

for something to hold down there.

>> Come on, baby.

>> Got this. He's fired up.

>> Oh, fired up. Let's go.

>> He's put his head straight in. He just

dove straight in the box.

>> Where's the hole?

>> So much energy. He doesn't even know

where the bowl is.

>> Hannah coming.

>> I'm just confused at what the heck's

going on right now.

>> Like this.

DID YOU FEEL IT?

>> IT'S ALL OVER.

>> That's a rough hole to do.

>> Fish came out.

>> A different kind of fish.

>> So, what happened, Hannah? Give us a

playbyplay.

>> He got out.

>> He got out.

>> They didn't plug the hole good enough.

>> What's going

shake that bastard?

>> Shake it.

>> OH. OH MY GOD.

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THIS FOR FUN?

>> They're biting me.

>> I think one's in my underwear.

>> You got them everywhere.

>> Originally told by Jeff that Hannah was

not allowed in the water because she was

sick. But here she is in the water about

to show us how it's done.

>> Making all these boys look bad. I do

like this hood though cuz I'm starting

to get sunburnt.

>> I'm going to come up with something too.

I'm going to go see what I can find.

Hannah, show us the way.

>> If I can reach.

>> All right, I'm in.

>> I got a boot. Well,

>> Travis got one. I got one.

>> I got a boot.

>> Hey, can we just put all of this in the

video? He just keeps on popping up with

a boot. At least at least get another

one.

>> I got a boot.

Oh my god.

>> What the was that?

>> That was the one.

>> Waiting for the cheering. I hear the

thumb.

>> She brought the fish up.

>> I got him.

>> I lost my

>> good save, buddy. Good save.

>> She got him.

>> I got a boot.

>> I got a fish this time.

>> This Marin's pretty cool, though.

Which one's tougher?

>> That's not

>> I feel like this boot is definitely

tougher. Look, that thing is bleeding.

This thing's This marin is solid.

>> Let's get this fish.

>> Come on, Jonah.

>> Let's get this bass.

>> LET'S GO, JONAH. GO.

>> Come on. Let's go.

>> I need you, baby. Let's go.

>> Are you even released?

>> I dated a Catholic broad.

>> Oh, yeah.

Oh god.

>> Well, cuz I had him with this and then

he rolled and my fingers were like this.

>> Yeah, dude. There's nothing you can do

when they do that.

>> Dude, that was the biggest one today.

>> You really You really blew that one,

Jonah.

>> I [ __ ] it up.

>> So much for this episode.

>> Yeah, I kind of ruined the whole thing.

Yeah,

>> I got a boot.

>> What's my sign? Told them one n me hook

up to a high.