Is noodling legal in New Mexico?

Yes, noodling is legal in New Mexico as long as they have a current fishing license, follow size and bag limits, and they only noodle during the legal season, which may last up to 2 weeks.

Noodling, or grabbing catfish with bare hands, isn't allowed everywhere.

It was first made legal in Alabama during the Great Depression as means to feed families affected by poverty.[ However, noodling, which became so-popular it attracted tourists from around the world, is now legal only in Oklahoma, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennesse, Kansas, and New Mexico.