While I was born in east Tennessee and went to college in western North Carolina, and even though Maggie’s extended family lives almost exclusively in the American South, I cannot in good conscious call myself a southerner.  I do, however, enjoy our annual visits to Brownsville, Tennessee to visit family and if geography and climate were the only criteria we would choose to live in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina.

This video of two guys catfish noodling (and I say this with no trace of sarcasm) brings additional fondness for the type of culture that is most often found south of the Mason-Dixon Line.  I’m not sure you could pay me enough to stick my hand down a catfish’s throat, but these guys seem to be having a blast.

Any Signs of Life readers ever tried fishing this way?

(via kottke)