Arklier-- I spent time in Arkansas as a teenager, which is where I learned about the noodlers. The rivers were were loaded with snapping turtles and we would often pull up our lines to find bent hooks. Shooting turtles with a .22 was just a way to pass time for most of the kids I knew. Saw cottonmouths almost every time we went fishing, which was all the time.

Makes chasing Steelies and Salmon seem like a pretty safe sport! :p