Made up a dozen or so noodle jugs and used them for the second time this past May on Toledo Bend. Sure worked great and they definitely added some excitement to the trip. Like one mentioned, it doesn't take a big fish to pull one down. Caught some really nice 2-5 lb channels and blues, but a 10 lb blue kept us busy for about 20 minutes of the 'up & down' thing all over a cove. Now, the 32 lb flathead was more like over an hour and half...get kinda close to the jug, but that dude could either sense or hear the boat drift up to it. Left him alone after about 30 minutes of trying and came back about every 30 minutes. He must have finally sulled some and we grabbed the jug...it's amazing how they get that EXTRA energy to pull even harder then.

Now, I have added 3-4 extra jugs on each of my singles for adding buoyancy...maybe that'll help out some.

Oh, recreational anglers MUST HAVE white jugs and commercial anglers MUST HAVE orange jugs. No exceptions on this requlation for freshwater impoundments. They must contain your name, address and date it was set. They must be updated every 30 days.

Looking to make a few more. They'll keep you busy when the catfish are biting, especially when they bite all day long, or at least I have a couple pretty good spots that I can catch channels and blues all day.