I’m sure you have all heard of tickling trout, but in America (where else!) they’ve taken it a step further.

A new craze sweeping the country is ‘noodling’, a method of catching large catfish by hand.

Apparently, what you do is step into the river or lake and search for any holes in the banks where the fish lie. You then insert your hands and once you feel the fish bite, it is grabbed and bought to the surface.

Before you all run out and try this, I must warn you that several Americans have lost fingers and some have drowned while noodling.

I don’t think it will catch on over here!