Thread: Do you jug fish?

I like to use white quart bottles that neck down to a screw on lid. I write my name and address right on the bottle with a black sharpie. A duck decoy bag works great for storing them in. I also like 3'-5' of line and the 2/0-3/0 circle hooks. My favorite bait is the medium whole uncooked shrimp soaked overnight in imitation vanilla. With one pound of shrimp @ $4-5, I can bait up 100-120 times. I have done very well with this for channels and blues.

Originally Posted by LOVINFISHING

Willie thats a plan for sure and end the day with a big ol campfire
my family and i started jugg"n last year we had a blast we started with 2 liter bottles but now have switched over to the swim noodles also we have been making them over the winter and ready to try them out this spring

That's a hard to beat combination for sure that the kids and the parents will never forget

Originally Posted by Sky Pilot

I like to use white quart bottles that neck down to a screw on lid. I write my name and address right on the bottle with a black sharpie. A duck decoy bag works great for storing them in. I also like 3'-5' of line and the 2/0-3/0 circle hooks. My favorite bait is the medium whole uncooked shrimp soaked overnight in imitation vanilla. With one pound of shrimp @ $4-5, I can bait up 100-120 times. I have done very well with this for channels and blues.

I will give that mixture a try. I prefer the flatheads that only like live bait but the channels will work to. Thanks for the tip!

I use pool noodles cut about 15 inches long with the 1/2 inch pvc pipe to tie the line on.
You also need to put a nail or screw in the other end to keep from sliding out if you get a big fish on. These are so much easier to use than bottles and jugs. You can wind them up and put the hook in the noodle. You can transport 50 of these in a plastic boX
from Walmart. I know for a fact a 15 inch noodle will catch a 50+pound catfish. I use a
12 foot maple sapling with a hook screwed in the end to retrieve big catfish. The limber pole helps take the fight out of the fish and dont straighten the hook. Jugging is much more fun (and less work) than trotlines. I still have a freezer full of filets and it is almost time to start again. I have a lot of "friends" when I clean out my freezer for another years fishing. I bait with blue gills hooked in the back or stringing on a couple of minnows.

Originally Posted by Shoemoo

Jug fishing is illegal here, along with trot lines and yo-yos. Rod and reel only, and you have to be in attendance at all times.

why do you have to be in attendance at all times - if its illegal to begin with?

I've never run a jug line. Just curious, what's the best hook? Circle? Kahle? J-Hook?

Originally Posted by pulplip fiction

why do you have to be in attendance at all times - if its illegal to begin with?

He said rod and reels must be attended. Each state has different laws. Here we can use 20 jugs or noodles per person. They must be attended from sun up to sunset, but may be left over night.

Been killing them on jugs the last week or two, good 5-10lb, channels on the Ohio River. Next time out will take some pics. Bait of choice, believe it or not, has been cheap hot dogs.

Locator have you been soaking them dogs in anything or is it
just plain hot dogs i have never tried them thanks

Caught 11 channels yesterday and 7 the day before all on cheap hot dogs not soaked in any thing using jugs.