Nooling is the practice and sport of fishing for catfish using only one's bare hands. Catfisting, grabbling, graveling, hogging, dogging, tickling, and stumping are all possible names used in different regions for the same activity. Five U.S. states have laws explicitly permitting handfishing: Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Kansas. Missouri had an experimental noodling season in 2005 on sections of three rivers.