Believe it or not ivory soap works great for catfish bait. Get a cheese slicer or something with a really thin blade or wire and just cut it into cubes. We use it for jug lines and trotlines. For limb lines we always use live bait small brim mostly. I like changing it up from time to time trying different types of bait. Whats some different bait everyone uses?
I had never heard of jug fishing until today. I read a news article about a 15 year old girl who caught a 100 pound blue cat in a creek near the Ohio River here in Ohio. My dad fished Lake Erie and a few lakes in Ontario, Canada for Pike, Blue Gill, Rock Bass, etc. He wouldn't have thought a catfish was worth the trouble. lol 😂
I saw the same story. Blue cats are actually really good to eat. A whiter meat. A lot of states it’s illegal to jug fish. I see a lot more older people that aren’t really big fisherman jug fishing. It’s another way to experience fishing and the great outdoors.
Just found your Family Channel... I love the way you have you family involed with your Jug Fishing. I also like the way you teach what your doing too. We are the Hot Diggity Dog Catfish Team.... Yes we fish with hot dogs too. Its me and my Familt and my Grandkids having out door Fun. We are here on UA-cam and on FaceBook. Mannford Oklahoma.
Here’s a tip. Use those trotline clips to attach your upper hooks. If you get a really big fish, you want to remove those extra hooks instead of having them potentially pull through your hands while you fight the monster on the bottom. If you didn’t think about that when setting them out, don’t be shy about cutting those extra hooks. The last things you want is a big cat on one hook, the other hook in your hand, and then fall overboard.
Funny you mentioned clips. I’m actually thinking about redoing the jugs with clips but for a different reason. Mainly to make it faster to put out the jugs and cleaner to store without hooks.
So put enough string on to match the depth of the lake. Then tie the jug with all the extra string still on the float when you set it out. I don’t see a problem with this plan at all.
It looks like the weight is too short to hit the bottom and “anchor” it. So does the weight keep it from drifting halfway across the lake? Sorry if it’s a dumb question I got my first boat a few months ago and my dad loves catfishing, so I’ve been wanting to get out and set some jugs with him
Do you mean the weights are too small by saying too short to anchor it? If so, you don’t need a big weight. I mentioned in the video if the weight is too big it might pull your jug under where you can’t find it if it gets in deep water. I’d say nothing bigger than 1.5lbs should be good. That solo cup shaped concrete I used in video is a really good weight.
Boone boys, ive never jug fished but now i want to make me a few jugs but im curious as to why arent the jugs tied like a trot line. I mean dont the fish swim away with them? Thats the part thats stil confusing me.
In the winter, a 20lb blue may move the jug 10 ft if any at all. That’s with a 1lb weight. Now the summer time you need a heavy weight because you might find the jug 1/2 mile away.
With a strong current I bet you chase those big fish a long ways! You’d have to use and anchor to keep jugs in place on a River I bet, but free lining would be a blast!
@@BooneBoys We let em go and float em across bars and flats. Sometimes we let em loose in the main channel , depending on where the fish are. In mid to late summer if it's really hot and the river is low , they'll be laying in the main channel in current where there is a lot of oxygen. River chutes are good places too when the rivers are high. Every year there is a jug tournament on the Mississippi River at Caruthersville , MO.
@@terrymcguire8476 that’s awesome. My wife’s family is from St Louis. I’ve never fished the Mississippi or Tennessee Rivers. Those cats are on another level from what we catch in lakes. That tournament sounds awesome. Do many people run deep v fiberglasses on those rivers? Or is it mostly all aluminum flat?
@@BooneBoys Mostly aluminum John boats 18 foot to 30 feet long and wide bottoms with some semi Vs and some square nosed. Sometimes there will be a fiberglass boat here and there. Fiberglass isn't recommended on the Mississippi at certain times , like right now after we got a 5 inch flash flood across the Tn Valley, Ohio , and further north. All that debris is coming down it now and would tear the bottom out of a fiberglass boat. When the river is in lower stages and crested or on a slow fall where the trash has cleared out , fiberglass is fine.
In the winter time the boat traffic is so low where we fish that it isn’t a problem. You could place them anywhere, and in the deeper part of the lakes where in the summertime it’s normally high boat traffic areas. Now in the summer time, that’s a different story. We typically place them away from the middle of the lake away from boat traffic. People do it all the time though! It’s crazy how they will put them right in the middle of the path of boats.
Evidently, you don’t do any fishing there fishing is fishing course you being a liberal Democrat you’re against everything you got to be one of them damn Yankees from way up north somewhere
I’vewhatched your video probably for three or four minutes five minutes. I ain’t real sure if you know the difference between a pool noodle and a jug line 1 minute you’re putting out noodles. The next sentence you’re putting out jug lines and another thing referring to this is the best way to do it, just because you’re doing it don’t make it the best way
Man, there is nothing like the excitement of kids pulling up a big fish.
There isn’t anything like it!
We used to make these with 2 Liter bottles as kids. So much fun!
So did I. And old laundry detergent bottles.
@@BooneBoys the best!
Enjoyed the video ! Thanks for taking us along !
Thanks Max!
I love that. Your family is awesome. Love the excitement of your kiddos
@Mathew Hardin thanks!
Great job on Lake!
Your kids are the best, it so enjoyable listen to and seeing their enthusiasm!
Great "How To" video too!
Thanks Charles!
Hey I'm glad I found your channel I'm an okie also. And yes Ft. Cobb is known for the big blues and flatheads. That was cool watching the kids
Thanks! We have some good lakes out here, wish we had a big river system, but hey cant have it all I guess.
Always top notch video
Thanks!
Believe it or not ivory soap works great for catfish bait. Get a cheese slicer or something with a really thin blade or wire and just cut it into cubes. We use it for jug lines and trotlines. For limb lines we always use live bait small brim mostly. I like changing it up from time to time trying different types of bait. Whats some different bait everyone uses?
We used soap maybe 20+ago. We’ve also used gozz strips soaked in whatever. Those were kind of a pain.
I had never heard of jug fishing until today. I read a news article about a 15 year old girl who caught a 100 pound blue cat in a creek near the Ohio River here in Ohio. My dad fished Lake Erie and a few lakes in Ontario, Canada for Pike, Blue Gill, Rock Bass, etc. He wouldn't have thought a catfish was worth the trouble. lol 😂
I saw the same story. Blue cats are actually really good to eat. A whiter meat. A lot of states it’s illegal to jug fish. I see a lot more older people that aren’t really big fisherman jug fishing. It’s another way to experience fishing and the great outdoors.
Just found your Family Channel... I love the way you have you family involed with your Jug Fishing. I also like the way you teach what your doing too.
We are the Hot Diggity Dog Catfish Team.... Yes we fish with hot dogs too. Its me and my Familt and my Grandkids having out door Fun. We are here on UA-cam and on FaceBook. Mannford Oklahoma.
I’m definitely going to check you all out with my boys! Thanks again for checking us out.
I love jug fishing.
pulling in those lines, the anticipation that next morning what you have and looking for a lost jug is also a lot of fun.
@@BooneBoys Yes sir, it is.
That's the best way to go
Nice fish!
Thanks!
Here’s a tip.
Use those trotline clips to attach your upper hooks.
If you get a really big fish, you want to remove those extra hooks instead of having them potentially pull through your hands while you fight the monster on the bottom.
If you didn’t think about that when setting them out, don’t be shy about cutting those extra hooks.
The last things you want is a big cat on one hook, the other hook in your hand, and then fall overboard.
Funny you mentioned clips. I’m actually thinking about redoing the jugs with clips but for a different reason. Mainly to make it faster to put out the jugs and cleaner to store without hooks.
So put enough string on to match the depth of the lake. Then tie the jug with all the extra string still on the float when you set it out.
I don’t see a problem with this plan at all.
Hear those kids??! That’s what it’s all about!
Absolutely!
Is there a video showing how you made the jugs?
No we haven’t made a video of that. We probably should though. We’ve tried them many different ways and learned a lot.
@@BooneBoysI'm going to try to copy that method and go catfishing for the first time a little later this year.
@@BooneBoyswould love to see a video on making these too
@@Toddicus2914 great way to fill the freezer, you’ll have a blast.
It looks like the weight is too short to hit the bottom and “anchor” it. So does the weight keep it from drifting halfway across the lake? Sorry if it’s a dumb question I got my first boat a few months ago and my dad loves catfishing, so I’ve been wanting to get out and set some jugs with him
Do you mean the weights are too small by saying too short to anchor it? If so, you don’t need a big weight. I mentioned in the video if the weight is too big it might pull your jug under where you can’t find it if it gets in deep water. I’d say nothing bigger than 1.5lbs should be good. That solo cup shaped concrete I used in video is a really good weight.
Boone boys, ive never jug fished but now i want to make me a few jugs but im curious as to why arent the jugs tied like a trot line. I mean dont the fish swim away with them? Thats the part thats stil confusing me.
In the winter, a 20lb blue may move the jug 10 ft if any at all. That’s with a 1lb weight. Now the summer time you need a heavy weight because you might find the jug 1/2 mile away.
I've never seen anyone weight a jug down. Here on the Mississippi and TN rivers , we let them float with the current .
With a strong current I bet you chase those big fish a long ways! You’d have to use and anchor to keep jugs in place on a River I bet, but free lining would be a blast!
@@BooneBoys We let em go and float em across bars and flats. Sometimes we let em loose in the main channel , depending on where the fish are. In mid to late summer if it's really hot and the river is low , they'll be laying in the main channel in current where there is a lot of oxygen. River chutes are good places too when the rivers are high. Every year there is a jug tournament on the Mississippi River at Caruthersville , MO.
@@terrymcguire8476 that’s awesome. My wife’s family is from St Louis. I’ve never fished the Mississippi or Tennessee Rivers. Those cats are on another level from what we catch in lakes. That tournament sounds awesome. Do many people run deep v fiberglasses on those rivers? Or is it mostly all aluminum flat?
@@BooneBoys Mostly aluminum John boats 18 foot to 30 feet long and wide bottoms with some semi Vs and some square nosed. Sometimes there will be a fiberglass boat here and there. Fiberglass isn't recommended on the Mississippi at certain times , like right now after we got a 5 inch flash flood across the Tn Valley, Ohio , and further north. All that debris is coming down it now and would tear the bottom out of a fiberglass boat. When the river is in lower stages and crested or on a slow fall where the trash has cleared out , fiberglass is fine.
@@BooneBoys Follow Chris Souders here on UA-cam. He's a Catfish Tournament guy and has several videos on the Mississippi near Memphis .
How come you let the 1st one go, is it a law they can't be to big. I curious
Are you concerned about other boaters running over the jugs?
In the winter time the boat traffic is so low where we fish that it isn’t a problem. You could place them anywhere, and in the deeper part of the lakes where in the summertime it’s normally high boat traffic areas. Now in the summer time, that’s a different story. We typically place them away from the middle of the lake away from boat traffic. People do it all the time though! It’s crazy how they will put them right in the middle of the path of boats.
Schuster Prairie
this is not fishing. In fact, this looks very bad for the environment. Losing plastic jugs is not good. I am shocked this method is even legal
Liberal😴
Evidently, you don’t do any fishing there fishing is fishing course you being a liberal Democrat you’re against everything you got to be one of them damn Yankees from way up north somewhere
I’vewhatched your video probably for three or four minutes five minutes. I ain’t real sure if you know the difference between a pool noodle and a jug line 1 minute you’re putting out noodles. The next sentence you’re putting out jug lines and another thing referring to this is the best way to do it, just because you’re doing it don’t make it the best way
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