noodle v. to hunt bare-handed in water for fish or turtles. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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Megan from Savannah, Georgia, is curious about a phrase her father used: down cellar behind the axe, a phrase whose meaning she never quite understood. Down cellar, meaning “down in the cellar,” is common in New England and the Canadian Maritimes...