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