2010 Okie Noodling Tournament - Natural Category: Second Place Biggest Stringer

Heather Bivins (standing to the right), of "Big Fish Adventures", and her team members show their catch to the crowd at the 2010 Okie Noodling Tournament on Saturday, July 10.

Bivins' team won second place in the biggest natural stringer category with a total three-fish weight of 148.76 pounds.

The trio of hand fishermen is joined on-stage by Jari Askins, Lt. Governor of Oklahoma (wearing blue jeans), for photos.

To learn more about the annual Okie Noodling Tournament, visit http://www.paulsvalley.com/noodling

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[oogaboogachiefwalkin]

so who won the big string? Do the fish have to be caught in the same day?

[theokienoodling]

@oogaboogachiefwalkin Scooter Bivins won the biggest stringer (three catfish) in the "natural" category with a weight of 153.12 pounds. Buster Garrett won the biggest stringer (three catfish) in the "scuba" category with a weight of 136.80 pounds.

Each noodler actually has 24-hours to catch up to three flathead catfish; however, all fish must be caught within the state of Oklahoma.

[oogaboogachiefwalkin]

Is it common practice for fishermen to catch and hold fish that may win weeks before the event. I know some former winners who do that all the time, They catch fish and put them in a tank weeks before and most of them die and go to waste, I also know that our local game ranger caught some of them here a week before the tourney tresspassing with two nice fish. He carved an x on the fish heads so they could not enter them.

[atxboy0303]

Heather's is HUGE! but then again she's short, but looks like you guys did amazing! congrats!

[atxboy0303]

THAT'S MY FAM!!!!