Building Homemade Trotline vs Store Bought | What's Better?
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Today we are building a homemade trotline for catfishing and comparing it against a store bought trotline. Which is better for the money? You decide.
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Justin Rackley, known as Lakeforkguy in the fishing world, creates fishing and outdoor videos on youtube and other social platforms. LFG provides fishing tips and techniques for mostly largemouth bass fisheries but also travels to other freshwater and saltwater fishing spots to explore new fish species and fishing techniques to help you catch more fish. Lakeforkguy likes to hang out on any fishing vessel or go bank fishing with his other UA-cam Fishing friends and vlog with his Wife Stephanie AKA Ocean Spoon Girl and french bulldog Winston.
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Lol I just want these, and you steal them gotta love kids
You gotta get her more beads dad, cause you steal them, cracked me up 👍🙏❤️😎🛥️🦀
3:27 lol! Kids are brutally honest... Great content Justin
Hey bro, you can't be stealin' baby girl's beads for slime lines! 😆
Snap swivel on the leaders, then get a 5 gallon bucket and hang the hooks on the rim with the line laying down into the bucket, that's how me and my grandpa and dad always did it. Just set your main line then go back down it and clip your hooks on
Sounds like a great way to do it.
I am asking you to make for of these educational videos. Not just for bank/trot/jug lines, but for every aspect of fishing. Such as how to tie different knots or what bait or lure is best for different situations. Sure there are other videos out there that does these things, but you have so much knowledge and put so much care into the production of every video that it makes it easier to watch and learn.
Get a knot tying app on your phone. Your going to need something quick and accessible in the field. You cant watch 25min videos on the shore bank waiting to cast.
Feels like we’re just hangin with LFG on a Saturday afternoon. Love the video, get that girl her new beads!
Emmy is so cute. Ben is so lucky to have a gentle caring older sister
Haha You’re stealing them!! Hahahah
Hahaha having her "setting" the camera on you was a good ending. My 6 year old and 14 month old love to "help" me with everything
I still remember when you and Rob caught that 9 lb bass on the jug line at grapevine!
Also I have some new topwater action from the paddleboard coming in soon on my channel 🤙🏽
“You steal them!” Just calling like I she sees it awesome!!
He was so busted!!! it was kinda funny!!!!
What I recommend for the hooks is a circle hook, which you don't have to set the hook so they will hook themselves. I'm not sure what size hook but depends on size of Bair and fish you going for which is probably catfish. But love your videos.
Yeah maybe. I think it needs to be a good amount of pressure instantly for that hook to roll around and hook in the corner of their mouth. COULD BE WRONG. MIGHT WORK. SOMETIMES LOL. I have to reel down on my rod really good an lift to make sure it secures in their mouth proper. But yeah
If you gonna keep the fish. Maybe trebble hookss
Crimp the fishing lines like those guys catching 80lb catfish on a regular. Steve douglas the catfish dude got a good vid showing how strong those crimp rigs are. Its a recent vid
You do have to set a circle hook. Its just done different.
@@whystop3388 treble hooks use up to many allowed points for each line. Then you could only have a third of the lines on the string.
Such a wholesome video, I love these types of videos they're good for the soul 🙏
Thought the same
I think I said this on your last video like this, but use an octopus circle hook for catfish. Since the hook tip is pointed inward, as they swim away it pulls out of their mouth until it gets to the edge, then when the hook is partially in/out of their mouth the tip faces the inside of the lip and pierces. Offset octopus circle hooks work even better but aren't legal everywhere. The inward pointing tip means they don't unhook much and almost no gut hooks either if you do want to release them.
If there's a magnet in the sheath, the blade is going to get magnetized by going in and out of the sheath. Just like magnetizing a needle to make a floating compass.
Be a good screwdriver after a bit... JK I would never.
Your not wrong. Beads are a must. Swivels always have to be protected by beads. Slide weights and another combo will slide and bang the knots eventually wearing it out and then break off. All my rigs from catfish to muskie beads are ideal. Well done!!!
I remember helping my grand father make trot lines and limb lines 50 years ago. I would not have remembered him buying them at the store. Something to think about.
Negotiations with 3 year olds 🤣 always fun
A lot of us trout and Kokanee guys up here in the NW are switching from octopus hooks to drop shot hooks.we’re finding that the drop shot hooks have a better landing ratio compared to the the octopus hooks. Another thing to try is the Gamakatsu big river hooks when you’re going after cats
I agree circle hooks are designed to be dragged from the eyelet end. Not to just be pulled against from the fish's end. If you can find the older heavier eagle claw long shank tru turn hooks or any rotating hook might be the way to go.
Love these type vids. Even if you don't do regularly and go with the $10 ones, you have a better understanding of how to do if forced to. Outdoor knowledge vids are awesome!! Keep it up!
I love how relatable your vlogs are man the very first shot I see is your sprinklers and I work with the exact same sprinklers everyday, and I’m building a chicken coop to walk in not as big as yours but something to keep me busy while at home 😂🤘🏽
You stealed dem. You got caught.
LFG about to do a catch and cook with C. Sanders 😂
Loved this video. I really enjoy your home built projects. Would to hear how the hooks worked out for you versus your previous experience with circle hooks.
Made many trotlines and throw lines for river lake and ponds, still have some still useable from the 80s building one with beads and swivels at the main line just means more you can lose from floating logs, giant turtles 🐢 have lines pulled tighter than a guitar string and a few cut by fisherman. Stainless hooks were a must in a few lakes but new coatings these days might hold up to acidic water, 3 foot loops takes my minutes to take your time on your drops!!!
Great vid. Cam you make a vid giving us an update on your truck and any issues you've had with your 3.0 and how you've liked or disliked the truck overall?
I’ve used that 9.99 one for years caught some big 30lb blues with it. It works but doesn’t last longer than a few months
Emmie is going to hide her beads from her bead burglar daddy 😂
If you would have stopped and walked over and grab that roster I would have died. Lol.
If you rig your weights on a 5 foot line with a large snap swivel on the other end then you won't need three-way swivels. Just clip onto the eye of the existing swivel.
Building it you can make it the way you want and it will last longer also more rewarding can't wait until you use them
You look and act just like a childhood friend of mine. I'm about 40 year year old now. I hope your Health continues to be good and you prosper in life.🤠👍🙏👏💃👨👧🎣🇺🇸
Great video. I enjoy your craftsmanship.
I wish I could meet you LFG. I come to Texas all the time hoping to run into you and never do. Hopefully one day we can give it a dangle
can you show how to properly use one from the bank? I dont have a boat and would love to try it from the bank
I hate to hear about you having bad headaches and nausea. I felt so bad for you when you were ralphing on Matt's truck and boat. I knew you were sick when the crappie were biting and you couldn't fish. Hope you stay strong and healthy. 😀
I’m sure your knots with the beads should work, but if you look up “trotline brads”, they are these little things that you clamp onto the main line in place of the knots you are putting on there. I’m sure it would cut your time in half for how long it takes you to make a line. Good luck!
I’d love to see how you wrap a knife handle in that cord/line.
When making these would it be more time efficient to use steel leaders with a swivel?? You could change hooks with ease and catch teethed fish as an added bonus
Justin your my inspiration and I really need some help with prayer mom has stage 3cancer and she really needs all the prayers ty and God bless
Your daughter had you pegged! Been caught in a few of those cases of "barrowings from my kids too. Buy them cool stuff then have to barrow it back.
I am looking forward to seeing how they perform against one another. Right now my vote is home made.
Fishing freak 🙋♂️
I THINK USE TREBLE HOOKS. CRIMP THE LINE LIKE THOSE CATFISH TOURNAMENT GUYS DO. STEVE DOUGLAS HAD VIDEO OF SOME GUYS MAKING SOME MEAN KNOTS FOR 100LB'S. IT WAS THE TRUTH. THERE IS SHORT 3 MIN VIDEOS ON CRIMPING, HANDY MAN LOL. GOD BLESS EVERYONE. LOVE EVERYONE!
I’d fish yours but will see in the next video lol.
Only youtube guy I'd ever watch make trot lines..edit:yeah felt like I understood about three to four more words on your bow/arrow making video then this one lol
You need to get with the squad and brand some googan jug lines
That’s nice, good job man
6hrs? $10 is definitely worth the money. Looking forward to next video of u actually using the troutines
I think we need to start sending him some beads to give to his daughter. Just imagine how big a score she would get.
Good vid LFG
Hey LFG, do you still have any of those Fishing Freak LFG hunting camo ballcaps? I’d really like one but idk if you still have any
I second that
Lol, Emmy called you out!
Dang I thought I was going to see Fishing with trotlines but that’s OK I like this one to
Rubbing a magnet on or near farris metal will make the metal magnetic.
What about buying the already built one and buying some better hooks, that could be good
With two beautiful daughters of my own 😂 completely understand
Gas so high even fishing youtubers getting out the john boats
LFG is NEVER in his comment section lol, I’ve never seen a single comment that he has liked or replied to lol
I've always used fishing line tied to a milk jug lol
Why not use a bead by the hook as well
How is it, this man has over ONE MILLION SUBS! and his videos are only getting 20 and 40k views? That does not make sense, his fan base sucks so much, us video watchers are the TRUE FANS!
cool
Good day funny 😄 😀 😆 😁
You done messed up 😂
After all your labor costs, what did it cost?
A quicker way to make your knots….. try using an in line figure 8 knot….. look up fishing mortician rig for an example
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Daddy you steal them. Lol
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My kids would be saying the same...
she dont put up with no simp lol
They dont make them like that because they need you to come back and buy it over and over and over again. Instead of once every 8-10 years.
I tie my bow string knots just a little different. After the first cross over/under knot. I wrap around 180 degrees for the second cross over under knot. Repeat that about 3more times alternating 180 degrees each time. Then finish it with the square knot just like you did. This will be far harder to slide up and down the string. In archery with a 80lbs draw wieght and a mini bi-peep sight. It is necessary to perfect this technique or your peep knots will slide every few shots.
Hint: order some .025 dacron line brand I use is polygrip. It will sharply grip into the string aiding in preventing slippage and practicaly impossible to break. If your cording(wraping) your own serving strings this is the stuff to use.
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Plus dealing with google/youtube policy, hackers, trumpie puppets, and typing on a little 2.5in keyboard is enough to make anyone stop.
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That crap is definitely going around.
I click on this cuz I don't know what a trot line is.