Help with jug lines . . .

Hey guys. I have been wanting to make some jug lines, but I have no idea where to start. Could anyone tell me how to make some?

Lots of people only take a pop bottle and paint them orange. Then tie a srting about 2' with a hook. Then bait and throw them in the water. LOL

If you know someone that has mechanic shop . get some oil jugs

i like to use 20oz coke bottles take some decoy string make 2 or 3 foot leader take big swivel take 50pound test braided line and a circle hook or use could use those foam stick that are hollow and cut them in 6 inch sections and do the same thing

I went with a buddy of mine a few times and we used all different types of bottle's. Just tie braided fishing line around the neck with about 18" hanging down, put a 3 way swivel on one end put a short leader with a 3/0 circle hook with a crawfish on it and on the other end of the swivel put about 6" of line with a small weight.

Make sure your string has a weight on the end so your jug does not float away tie your hook a foot or two up from the weight. Brought my two little ones last weekend to do this...they had a blast.

Thank ya'll for all the help, i've already made a few and i've put em' out. I'm gonna go check em' in the morning. Thanks! I'll post what I catch.

spanky ,
You wait till in the morning you might not find half your jugs.
We run jugs all night picking them up when they get bit.
Not like a trot line, if a good fish hits jug its way down the bayou b4 daylight.
How about the rest , Do yall leave jugs out all night ???

I like to put a few small rocks in my jugs. That way when the fish hits and rattles the jug you can hear the strike and go look for it.

Check out www.jugfishing.net

we actally use the noodles that you buy for swimming pools. cut them in small pieces and go. we put out about 50 last night and left them all night. we only caught 9 but there was a lot that had fish on them that had already gotten off.

yea we use the noodles too,that's the way to go b/c you can wrap the string around and stick the hooks in the noodle after!

Noodles??? AND JUGS????

if you jug with noodles, run line through middle of noodle, and
it will "stand up" when fish is one, making it easier to find

Hey does anyone know the regs on jug lines. i couldn't find them in the Regulations book. thanks.

You can fish as many as you want but can't have over 100 catfish, with only 20 (i think) under the legal size limit. Jug lines would be classified under "set lines" in the LDWF's eyes.

Warren

Channel Catfish: 11 inches minimum total length limit (see Catfish below for possession limit).

Blue Catfish: 12 inches minimum total length limit (see Catfish below for possession limit).

Flathead Catfish: 14 inches minimum total length limit (see Catfish below for possession limit).

Catfish (blue, channel and flathead): The possession limit for catfish caught recreationally shall be 100. The 100 fish may be a single species, or a combination of blue, channel or flathead catfish. A recreational fisherman may possess a maximum of 25 undersize catfish of a single or combination of all three species within the 100 fish possession limit. The maximum possession limit for catfish caught in Toledo Bend Reservoir on a recreational license shall be 125 fish which may be any combination of species of catfish. A recreational fisherman may possess on Toledo Bend Reservoir, a maximum of 50 undersize catfish

which may be any combination of species of catfish.

Taken from:
http://www.wlf.state.la.us/fishing/recreational/freshwater/regulations/

BTW I like to use at least 2 liter bottles (and a good fish will still sink that) but run them every couple hours at least.

Do they have to be a certain color with name date and address

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