Jug fishing

[TRACKER MAN]

I'm wanting to learn the in's and out's of Jug Fishing... Any pointers? Depth? Weight? Hook Size? etc. Thanks

[BPenrod]

Find everyone of them!

[Fisherjoe]

Here is my rig. I like jugs with built-in handles (milk jugs, cooking oil, detergent bottles, etc), heavy nylon/cotton twine, large barrel swivels, and 2/0-4/0 Eagle Claw O'Shaughnessy hooks, #2 or larger trebles, 20-50# mono, and 3/4-1 oz weights. Any catfish bait will work...I normally use livers, crawlers, or cut skippies. Line length depends on depth you plan to fish. My most productive depth is 10-25'...I try to keep bait 2-3' above bottom. To get my depth, I start with a 2-3' leader of mono, add a swivel to one end and hook to the other. Make up the depth with an appropriate length of twine (i.e. to fish 10', the twine will be 7-8' long). Tie one end to the swivel, slide on the weight, and tie a large loop on the other end. Loop the entire rig around the handle of the jug and you are done. When finished fishing, I unloop the rig from the handle and wrap it around a large piece of pool noodle for storage.

I have a friend who uses 2 liter soda bottles and wraps the rig around the bottle and stores it all in an empty "egg crate" container.

Try to put out a spread of jugs at different depths. Sometimes they will only hit one depth and other times they will hit all depths. Obviously, if one depth seems to be hot, drop all jugs at that depth, regardless of the jugline length...they will still produce as long as the bait goes by the fish.

For night fishing, use clear, or opaque jugs, and insert a 6" green/yellow glow stick. I like the opaque jugs, such as milk or windshield washer fluid, the best...the light will make the entire jug glow, making it easier to see from a longer distance. We will put out a few jugs while drifting with down rods to entice a little extra action, Sometimes the fish will keep us so busy, we can't keep the rods in the water for chasing down the jugs.

My kids love the jug fishing more than anything else. When that jug starts jumping up and down and then shoots across the water, they just go nuts. I still get pretty excited as well! Good luck and enjoy.

Joe

[RICHYD4U]

Here's what ya do...all you need is a pair of binoculars and a boat. You get out there and look through them binoculars until you see somebody's jug. You then high tell it over there and pick-em-up. Real inexpensive and fun at somebody's elses expense!

In all seriousness, make sure you pick your jugs up when you are done. Nothings worse then when I see jugs tangle up on the shoreline or snagged on the bottom just floating out there. Pick them up the same day you use them. Good luck!

-Rich

[TRACKER MAN]

Thanks Guys..... I always pick up my trash and equipment. Nothing worse than dirty lakes, shores, or woods. Makes my stomach curl!

[gunpilot]

Noodles, the foam kids use for floatation when swimming, work really well when cut into 8-12" sections. The line, swivel, sinker wrap around very easily and you can insert the hook into the noodle. I carry mine in a mesh backpack that came with my B Mobile turkey decoy.

Some folks get elaborate with them and insert a longer capped section of PVC thru the center of the noodle. When you tie off to the extended portion if the PVC, the noodle will stand upright indicating that you have a fish on.

To help find mine, I have reflective tape on each and they are numbered.

[TRACKER MAN]

How long is the piece of PVC pipe do you use? Do you have to use the PVC?

[HURRICANEBOB]

Here's what ya do...all you need is a pair of binoculars and a boat. You get out there and look through them binoculars until you see somebody's jug. You then high tell it over there and pick-em-up. Real inexpensive and fun at somebody's elses expense!

In all seriousness, make sure you pick your jugs up when you are done. Nothings worse then when I see jugs tangle up on the shoreline or snagged on the bottom just floating out there. Pick them up the same day you use them. Good luck!

-Rich

Ah-ha! Now I know who has been stealing my wife's jugs! She's been complaining about it for a couple years now. Says whenever she and her girl friend go out for the night, she been having a difficult time finding them. At first she thought is was something in the wind, or currents, or that maybe her jugs were just old and were sinking. Or that maybe she was hooking upo with stuff that just pulled her jugs down. Ah-ha! I knew something was up. I'm gonna tell on you!

[ewor]

this site might help .... http://www.whiskerkitty.com/rigging_juglines_2.html