It's that thing that 2J was doing... where they jump into the river and grab big catfish by the jaw... barehanded.
Not my bag, particularly... but some seem to like it. :-)
well, granted it is not in the same class, the alligator snapping turtle often hangs out in came habitat niche that the big ol' catfish do. It's a common enough occurance that a some dedicated noodlers are missing the odd digit.
How big of a catfish did 2J get?