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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Monday, June 12, 2017, photo, Phierce Williams, 6, fist bumps his father Nathan Williams as he holds up a catfish he just pulled out of a hole while noodling in a creek near their home in Prague, Okla. Nathan Williams has a response for the critics who would say this is simply too dangerous for a child. It's all about having the right place to fish, doing it safely, having a guide who is experienced and catching enough fish that the boys learn how to handle them, he said. (Jessie Wardarski/Tulsa World via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Saturday, June 17, 2017, photo, Nathan Williams, of Prague, Okla., holds up his winning 73.55-pound fish for the crowd gathered at the Okie Noodling Tournament in Paul's Valley, Okla. Williams takes video of his fish releases after tournaments and often posts on Facebook videos of his kids catching the big fish people think a child never could handle. Part of it is to show the fish are released to prove they're gone, part of it is to encourage catch-and-release, he said. (Jessie Wardarski/Tulsa World via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Saturday, June 17, 2017, photo, Nathan Williams kisses his wife Miley Williams on the head after he won the Okie Noodling Tournament and she won the title of Okie Noodling Queen in Paul's Valley, Okla. "I used to go with my uncle when I was about Phierce’s age, about 5 or 6. I was the stringer girl," she said of the method noodlers use to secure the fish through its gills. "I still remember pulling the fish along in the water like dogs on a leash." She gets nervous when the boys do it, but said she knows in her heart Nathan wouldn't put them in danger. (Jessie Wardarski/Tulsa World via AP)
