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Night of the Living Catfish
El Destructo:
--- Quote from: ricktrojanowski on March 22, 2010, 11:06:51 pm ---I don't know what Jug fishing is, but it sounds like a better idea than noodling. ;D
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Rick...Jugging is the same as Trotline Fishing...it amounts to two weights...two Floats per Line...and main Line with as many drops and Hooks as the State allows you to run....you bait the Hooks with Chad...Minnows...Comets...whatever...and lay it out in the water...and come back the next day to reap your catch......
Mechslasher:
our jugging down here in s.c. is tying a 12 - 24" line and hook to a quart or two liter plastic jug with a piece of cut bait and letting it float all night. we can run 50 per man, steve and i ran 80 sat. night and averaged a pound a jug. i grew up using quart oil jugs but they are being banned so now we are using pool noodles in varying designs. after trying several different hook designs, i've settle on the circle style hooks. very few catfish get off once a circle hook grabs'em. i think we only had three or four jugs that didn't have bait sun. morning. i'll post a pic of my pool noodle design tomorrow. a friend gave me some kevlar string that is used on commercial weaving looms and is all but unbreakable.
Pat B:
Nice haul guys. Some hush puppies, fried taters, a bit of cole slaw and a few cold ones and a pan of hot grease! ;D mmmmm
mullet:
Jugging down here you are apt to get just about as many Soft Shell Turtles as catfish. And also whatever is on the hook is also just bigger bait for the Big lizards. It's against the law in Florida, now. We can run Trot lines, though, 25 hooks to a line.
Hillbilly:
Yeah, those Frankensteined pool noodles are working out good. I bet whoever makes those things had no idea that rednecks would be stuffing PVC pipe and coat hanger wire in them and using them to catch catfish. :) I've gotten sold on those circle hooks, too. They're the shizzle.
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