Grapplin'
 Folks, we’ve been around long enough to know that some people will do all kinds of things for a little excitement. Whether it’s skydiving, bungee jumping, scaling mountains, or anything else with an element of risk, some of us humans seem to thrive on the joy of living life to the extreme.
We can understand the thrill of the rushing air once you jump out of that plane, or the sense of accomplishment when you reach the highest peak, but when it comes to grappling, we stop and ask ourselves: How would we feel sticking our hand underwater, through a submerged log or under a rock, not knowing what we will touch or how it will react?
Call them specialists, call them crazy, or call them fishermen of a different breed, but grapplers definitely have a special relationship with their intended catch: catfish. We’ve heard stories of people catching hundreds of pounds of the whiskered whoppers by submerging, feeling around, and surfacing with their supper in their arms. Definitely not for the faint of heart.
Wild Side Guide Jay Korff takes us to the Elk River in southern middle Tennessee for an up-close and personal look at the sport - the art - the unusual pastime of grapplin’.
Here are a couple of sites with entertaining articles about grappling:
www.arts.state.al.us/actc/articles/grappling.htm
www.tennessean.com/sii/99/06/04/fishgrab04.shtml
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