ULTIMATE DIY Catfish Noodle Jugs !!! (Cheap, Easy, & ADJUSTABLE Depth)
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2023
- Save Money and catch more catfish with our ultimate DIY Catfishing noodle design. We cut the costs and come up with a fully adjustable depth design that will load the boat with catfish. Hope you enjoy the video and fried fillets!!!
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I want to tell you I have fished all my life, and your Noodle design is the best I have ever seen. I am 56 and come from a family that has fished mainly for catfish since I could walk and I have to tell you, your design is awesome thank you for sharing.
I will say I don't personally like the weights. If using weights, I do recommend caps on ends
Thanks for watching!!
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 I made up fifty of them already and I have noticed the weight tends to stick in the crimped ends, not to bad but I haven't put them in the water yet so I don't know if this is going to effect the weight not breaking lose from the crimped ends when the fish hits but even if it does I feel the weights a good thing as it should make the unit sit in the water more thus cutting down the effects of the wind. These were very easy to build. I recommend using a 4 inch grinder with a cut wheel besides using a saws all to cut the rebar. The blades are around 15 dollars for 5 blades and it was very difficult to cut the rebar ( made the rebar shake and jerk around, difficult to hold). I gave up on the saws all and grabbed my 4 inch grinder with a cut wheel and it worked fantastic. Hitting the water tomorrow night, can't wait to chase these down...lol I did think of another way to use these, I do a lot of catfishing on the rivers. I fish where the banks are soft dirt and bare raising over 6 feet above the water (Hatchie river, Tennessee) I use 5ft capped 3/4 pipe as limb lines. I have found it difficult to adjust the line to accommodate the spot I set the limb line in order to get to the ledge or deeper holes. By drilling a fifth hole in your design, in the end with four holes, I will be able to connect them to my limb line swivel and use the line adjustment in your design, awesome get line adjustment that's simple and floatation to increase presentation and night time visibility. Awesome design Thanks again for sharing.
@JDHuckster-mf7cg they work, but same happened to mine. You'll have to bank them on the side of boat and ease them in water. I don't like that at all. I like being able to throw them to spread them out a bit
Mine stuck bad. I'm taking all the weights out. I like being able to throw them out
Your idea of crimping the ends is so simple that it is genius! The money and effort to purchase and apply all the endcaps, eyebolts, etc. is what kept me from doing it so far. Was easy to put off.
Since I have a high temperature, heat gun, I was able to omit the boiling water. I put it over the heat for a few seconds, then set the pipe on the flat part of a bench vice, smashed it down with a metal bucking bar I have (block of wood or any flat object would suffice). It was done in a few seconds and was a bit easier than the channelocks. Just my spin on it. Thanks again.
Yeah, anything works. Glad it helped, they fun to fish
Great video! Been wanting to make a few of these for a while now and this was a great motivator! Also wanted to say how much I appreciate people like y'all and channels like this! I grew up panfishing with my Dad and my boys are growing up fishing as well but I learn so much from good people in other parts of the country. God bless ya'll for keeping Him first and keeping it real!!
Thanks, I heard a saying years ago, "Kids who Hunt and Fish don't Steal and Deal" keep em outdoors, and you'll be proud you did. Make em tough, they gonna need it in this world, LoL. God bless
Great video, straight to the point and simple.
Thanks, appreciate the feedback!!
That is the best setup I have ever seen. That is a smart noodle
Thanks, that would be a good name for them. "The Smart Noodle"
Really like how you can adjust the line depth. Thanks for sharing.
Yes sir, thanks for watching!!!
That's about the best noodle set up I've seen.
First test run video coming out tomorrow morning!!
Awesome! I'll be making them.
I gotta get these in the water this week to see if we like the weighted or unweighted better. That's our only question at this point
Y'all Louisiana boys a heap smarter than us in Alabama, thank you and I believe in learning something new every day. Awesome
Glad to have y'all along on the ride. We need more Bama representation, lol. You'd think since half my Bloods from Mobile, we'd have more Bama Support🤣🤣🤣
I wish my wife would let me build fishing noodle in her kitchen. Your a lucky man. 👍
🤣🤣🤣, you gotta train em. She used to me not asking 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the informative video. Good stuff !
Thanks, with all the fishing we do, we actually still like doing this type, because it slows us down
Great video. Thank you for showing how to make noodles. God Bless, Daryl
No problem, thanks for watching. They work great, we've used them 3 times now and have caught up to 8 lb blues. Only thing I recommend is going without the weights. We're gonna remove them all. The adjustable part is spot on!!
Excellent demo...thanks
Thanks for watching!! Good luck
I liked the idea of the adjustable depth and crimping the end of the pvc. Very interesting. Took me a while but I did see the Louisiana Tech sticker on the frig. Living in GA now but spent 5 years in Ruston at Dolly Polly. Good video!
Lol, what is Dolly Polly? You left God's Country
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 In my day (1971-1975) Louisiana Polytechnic Institute was called "Dolly Polly" or "Dolly Poly" by those before me..the older folks. I spent most of my days on Lake Bistineau, Caddo, Cross and Toledo Bend. And Flag Lake if you've ever heard of that one on Barksdale. It was a great place to grow up.
Awesome!!!
Thanks!!
Very cool Jug....
Thanks, they work great, but after trials I recommend tared line
Thanks for the video. 🎉🎉
Thank you for watching and following!!
Great setup, I just made 24 of them, can’t wait to try them out!!! Great video!!
Their great. I do recommend the 2/0 to 3/0 eagle claw circle hooks or something similar
Ok, we’re going tomorrow will give an update can’t wait to get them fishing!! Thanks again!
@shawnhall6066 Good Luck!!
Several things I like about this design. The adjustment is pretty smart. Should work perfectly. Not using a cap has a few benefits. Mine are capped on one end and it’ll dump water in your lap if you aren’t careful when picking it out of the water. And I like cheaper. The boiling water is a great idea. Much easier. Looking forward to seeing em fish.
When I tested them in the pond, the water dumped out as quick as you pick them up, lol. No wet laps🤣
Man now you’re really talking my language lol. Love jug fishing. I always keep my jugs in the boat just in case 😂
I put a small screw eye at the end of the pvc and loop my twine back through then tighten it down to make them adjustable for different depths. Can’t wait for the videos
I figured there'd be several ways that I'd not thought of to make them adjustable. These definitely do not slip, so I think they gonna work. I was also trying to cut cost after looking at eye bolts in the hardware stores😳. Everything has went through the roof on pricing. We gonna be back to switch came and hand braided line if this keeps up!!!
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 dang right it has. I made mine a couple years ago for pretty cheap and I’m all about going cheap when I can lol. That screw eye is nice though. I can fish them over 20 feet deep or about 2 feet. Looking forward to some more videos. You’ve been killing it this year with them
I'd have to see the screw eye setup I guess. I wish UA-cam would allow pictures in the comments section, lol
sure like these and will be making some i have the ones i put caps on but going this route on the next ones i make, hope you do a video on using them and catching them cats.
Oh we're gonna do a video on their maiden voyage 🤣
A great rig my friend. Catch some cats now.
That's the plan!!
Like your videos
Thanks Taylor
Jugs are now in the past for me. Thanks!
Lol, hope the video helps!!
Can’t wait for the videos using these.
Soon as this rain stops 🤣
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 ROFLMFAO, now wait a min it, you don’t let the rain and a gall bladder surgery slow you down, WTH.
Just kiddin, I’ve been watching the severe weather down there, hope ya’ll are ok, and look forward to the juggling videos, hoop net videos, heck all of the videos.
Juggin, frikin auto corrupt.
Thanks, lol. Rain normally don't stop us, but you couldn't see through it this morning, lol.
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 I understand. I can remember a time when everything didn’t hurt and I would fish rain or shine. Now I’m old and beat up and a cold rain is as painful as being on the wrong end of a whoopin.
Not sure how your weather is looking but hope it’s not too bad, cause I want to see more videos.
Damn good video. I don't see they're being a better way of doing it and I've been doing it for years.
Thanks, still trying to get a chance to test them out. Hoping soon and I'll have a follow up video. Thanks for watching!!
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 I made four of them just like you show and I think they're great goes to show you You can teach an old dog new tricks
That's fantastic. I been working so much I ain't had time to get mine in the water. Planning on it in the next week
I made some just like you showed except I went through the pipe instead of outside and use the holes pretty much the same I didn’t use weights though . Good idea thanks
If I don't like the weights, I'll go through pipe in future. Good idea.
Good idea! I make adjustable ones myself, but ours aren’t designed to tip up so that from a distance people don’t know a fish is on unless they’re moving. I’ll do a video sometime. Cheapest version ever created ….. because I’m cheap by nature lol
Lol, cheap is always better!!
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 maybe not always better lol. I have realized that sometimes it’s better to just spend a little more if necessary lol
I love it. Is there any need to waterseal the pvc to keep them from getting heavy in the water?
No need at all in my opinion
Thanks man. I just made 40 with the boiled water channel lock method. Worked great. Thank you for the awesome take on noodles. @@godscountryhuntingfishing1638
These look awesome but I have one concern that maybe by now you can answer.. the line going through the holes you drilled.. does the sharp edges cause any abrasion to the line? Possibly cut the string eventually?
I haven't seen any signs of abrasion. I do recommend use of tared line, but because it locks in the holes better and don't slip at all. Either will work though. Loving these noodles, but I'm taking all the weights out. Hate them because I like to throw them away from the boat while drifting
That’s just AWESOME!! Gonna give it a try!!😊 Question?? When fish get hooked do they drag the noodle to another area or everything just stays in the general area you set it? Ty again for sharing 👍
I mean if it's a big fish it may peel out. For the most part you'll see them quick enough to give pursuit and catch them. They pretty much gotta be attended though
Ty
@o1420 Very Welcome!!
What u use to bait your hoop nets up wit can I use cheese like I do with my slat traps I fish the bouga chitto in southeast Louisiana
I don't bait our hoop nets. Not fishing for flatheads. You can use cheese in bait bags but they will mostly catch blues or channel cats
Another benifit having the rebar in it is when the grab it and pull down, the rebar slides down and makes a “thunk” sound and the fish will flinch away from the sound creating a better hook set.
I'll see if that's true, but I think so. I know by fishing livescope that fish flinch or spook and boogie when you bump a boat close to them
Just found your channel and subscribed. Great videos
Thanks, glad you found it. We found yours a few days ago and got on. Good stuff!!
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 awesome man!
@TugTrashOutdoors your videos bring back memories. Grew up on a shrimp boat on the Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana coasts. Also works offshore for 5 years and at one time had a 26ft center console we run offshore in a lot. Sure miss the Saltwater, but we get down there ever so often!!! Keep it rolling
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 that’s pretty awesome man but looks like yall got it good in Arkansas too! Arkansas right?
@TugTrashOutdoors Naw, we in North Louisiana, but we hunt in Arkansas. We bout 20 minutes from state lines
Looking forward to seeing how they fish. I'm thinking about making weighted ones to show strikes/catches from distance. Would like to know how they work out first though.
I've heard mixed reviews on the weighted ones. I got both, so soon as I fish them, I'll make mention of my preference in the video!!
Thank you. I'd appreciate that!
Absolutely
I might make a couple for my kayak. When we are sitting around relaxing i could throw one or two out!
I'd throw half a dozen out, but much more than that, you wont be relaxing. Don't put weights in them
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 we are restricted to 2 lines in Maine and I don't think we can just let them float, you have to tend them or be attached. Winter we can have 5 lines, but that's through a hole in the ice!
@curlymaple42 Y'all got catfish up there?
@curlymaple42 Id be out of luck with those restrictions 🤣. I'd have find new hobbie
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 yes, not big ones but we call them hornpout. They are tasty!
I would put in my line in with the pvc the first time you insert the pipe through there , that way you don’t have to pull that pipe back out!
Yeah, that works too!!
Bingo
@tomblount5635 they do work, you'll see in some of our other videos, but I will say Tared twine seams to catch better!!
You remind me of dad and my uncle when they were fishing. Frugal but effective they always said. I was wondering if maybe when sliding the pvc pipe on the noodle if just a touch of dish soap would make the pvc slide in a little easier. Just a thought my friend
I thought about adding something on the PVC, but it really wasn't very hard. I was mainly moving it back and forth to keep the ends from ripping the inside of the noodle. Gotta be careful there.
Any suggestions with this design how to properly tie the noodle off to a boat dock without sacrificing its features to make it stand up?
Yes, just use the Xtra slack to tie it off with a slip knot. We actually did that a couple weeks ago on over hanging limbs worked great
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 rock on, thanks!
@matta785 you could also put some of lips on your dock, and tie loops in the end of your noodle line. Just clip them in place. Any Time, Thank you.
What's a good bait? THANK YOU
Those cheap red franks worked good on Channel cats. Big Shiners or Gold fish work on blues and big channel cats. I'm sure bream would be good for blues and opps. If you want smaller channel cats id imagine cold worms would work. Cut bait could be good at times as well as Shrimp
Cut the pvc 18" long ?
That's what I did
Greatest Redneck Engineer
Right there with them, lol
Already getting supplies
That's 🤣. I'ma have start getting sponsored by some of these Bait shops and hardware supply stores🤣🤣🤣
As a wise man once said,
that’ll work.
Sure hope so, 😂
Guaranteed to work ladies and gentlemen
I gotta get these in the water this next week 🤣
Great stuff. But I would highly recommend wearing a face mask while boiling that pvc. And maybe use a fan. Just to be safe.
Probably not a bad idea. Sometimes is country boys get in too big a hurry. Thanks for watching!!
One question, what keeps the fish from swimming away with the noodle?
Absolutely nothing. It's more of a fish chase. That's what appeals to people, they have fun chasing the fish down. I'ma get a video on here fishing them soon
If your gonna fish noodles or jigs, you gotta kinda stay close to them and keep an eye on them
@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 thanks very much. I honestly didn't know that part. Interesting. I enjoy your blog.
What information do I need to put on my trotlines and drop lines to be legal?
Best to look in the book or pull the LDWF pdf up on your phone and read up on it. Different stuff says different. I know it's crazy, but it's not cut and dry. Our law makers should do better to stream line it so it's same info on everything. I put Name, phone number, and license number on my stuff.
How or where do you get your tags?
I ordered some small round aluminum ones off Amazon and then engraved them. Also had stickers made for the limb lines. Some people are also getting dog collar tags made for hoop nets and such or using the yellow cow tags. There is a lot of water proof options
Thanks for the information, keep up the good work.
Any time!!
Have you made this video testing the weighs yet?
I think I mentioned it in another video. Don't add weight. They just took aggravating. I like them way better without weights. Thanks for watching!!
Sorry I found that video and watched it. Thanks again
@brianshirey4130 no problem, I can't even keep track of them myself 🤣
No need for a leader on that?
If your talking about mono, no. Catfish don't care!!
Mine don’t float away and the catfish big or small can’t tow them off like them float around noodles . I fish 1 to 5 hooks on mine and fish from 35 ft deep and up usually year round stay in 22-32ft deep . I can adjust for calmer water to rougher water to not trip in bigger waves . Or to add more resistance for hook sets on picky fish . I hate them float around ones that fish drag off I release fish off of them all the time and they trash the lake banks also .
So what are you doing? Using a weight with vertical line and float at the top?
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 I have big nuts that I aquire for free from shut downs that fit on the 3/4 cap on the end of noodle that the main line is tied too. The nut is the anchor lowered to the bottom . The line is all wrapped around noodle and I only let out the depth of line I need and use trot line clip as the depth setter to clip the line so the noodles don’t keep rolling line out .
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 I use the standard size pool noodle cut to 10” in length and have 3/4 pvc ran through the center of it .
@slabslayer258 sounds like a pretty sweet set up. Shame UA-cam don't allow pictures in comments section. I have it invisioned though. I'd like to rig up some of those to fish a couple lakes with for big flatheads and blues. Thanks for the idea. Id probably only make like 5 up and use Little bit bigger weights and floats. Maybe three noodles together or big floats
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 I have 10 made up for big fish , I bought the massage foam thing from excersise section just the big round one and cut into sections I for get length . And just shoved my pipe through center best I could . For big fish noodles lol . With big hooks for big bait .
I think having a lit candle might be a bit easier than using a lighter to singe down your strings.
Probably so, I just done it with a lighter for years. I'ma creature of habit I guess🤣🤣. Thanks for watching and the suggestion
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 Love the idea of using boiling water to crimp down the ends. I imagine a little hot glue would seal up those ends quite nicely if you wanted to make it fully water proof.
You call it a double hitch knot, I call it two half hitches.
Lol, my Redneck Slang gets the best of me
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 thank you for sharing.
@woody9849 no problem