Meet the Sewer Fishing King of Katy, Texas

[TexasTowelie]

Kyle Nagley estimates he's caught about 500 fish in his sewer drain.

There's a grand tradition in Texas of going down to the old fishing hole, but sometimes the fishing hole isn't the pastoral setting that comes to mind.

Kyle Nagley, 16, has pioneered – and some might say created – the art of sewer fishing.

Nagley tells Texas Standard host David Brown that his unique hobby started about four years ago when he was just 12.

Nagley estimates he's caught over 500 fish in the last four years, and he doesn't have to go further than his driveway to do it. Nagley's largest catch, so far, has been a three-pound catfish. The system he uses is simple, but effective: He threads a fishing line through a openings in a manhole cover, then attaches a hook and a cork.

Read more: http://kut.org/post/meet-sewer-fishing-king-katy-texas

[WhiteTara]

1. Ewww nt

[Adsos Letter]

2. Reckon I'll pass on the fillets... n/t

[Gothmog]

3. I live in the same county as Katy

[TexasTowelie]

4. So are you ready to take a break to bait the hook?

There's nothing like pan-fried sewage catfish with a cornmeal batter.

[Gothmog]

5. NO thank you

[malokvale77]

10. It would be no different...

than catfish caught elsewhere in this state. All our water ways are sewage and storm drain fed.

The storm drains are minus the sewage. Yum.

[Cirque du So-What]

6. Wonder if he's ever caught the wily, elusive

wrinkled- back brown trout.

[meathead]

7. That's a storm sewer with exactly the same as runs in bayous and creeks...just say'n

I live in Brazoria Co, the kids on my block catch and release toads from the water meter boxes.

[TexasTowelie]

8. I'm not that far away from you.

I'm over in Wharton, but I don't know what the kids are doing which is probably a good thing. Welcome to DU.

[meathead]

9. Thanks!

I'm over in Pearland. I'm headed your way in a couple weeks to get our daughters a bulldog pup in Needville.

[Javaman]

11. You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey...nt