Noodling was featured in a pilot episode of the Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs, which premiered on November 14, 2003. In this episode, host Mike Rowe joins two men from Oklahoma as they noodle for flatheads. The segment ends after Rowe noodles a fish and the men clean and enjoy the catch.
Noodling was also shown on the King of the Hill episode “The Redneck on Rainey Street“.
Noodling was later featured in the US sitcom Cougar Town, when Bobby and Travis went on a father son fishing trip, noodling for catfish with their bare hands.
Noodling was also featured in the 2009 movie, Leaves of Grass, starring Edward Norton, and featuring Keri Russell as the noodler.
Gerhard Goes Noodling in Oklahoma
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In 2010 Animal Planet ran the series premire of the Hillbilly Hand Fishin’, a show dedicated to the sport.