Make Your Next Fishing Trip Hands-On Some fishing trips are about relaxing on the bank. Texas noodling trips bring a different kind of excitement, putting you right in the water for a hands-on catfish-catching experience. Big Rich Fish Guide Services offers seasonal North Texas noodling trips, with Richard Hernandez providing instruction and guidance. When Are Noodling Trips Available? Big Rich Fish typically offers noodling trips during May and June, when catfish are nesting