Thread: Need some Sinclair night fishing tips!

What a bad time of year to go fishing. I remember when I was a kid, my dad and I bottle fished for catfish. Think about it. You and your son could spend time together making Noodle Jugs or just go to the recycle center an get some 2 liter coke bottles. Then you could get some cricket, worms or white bread, and catch some brim in the middle of the day on the rip rap(if you don't know how to throw a cast net for shad). You can even buy stink bait or preserved shad from Walmart. At dusk bait up the jugs and come back a daylight. I guarentee every jug will have a cat on it if you fish Oconee. Sinclair is also pretty good. You could even shoot dock lights for whatever until day break. The main thing is you want that first trip to be action packed to keep his interest. Good luck and let us know how you did.

Sounds like a great plan River Hawk. In these times of instant gratification it is hard to keep adults focused and ten times harder with younger folks. I want it now just isn't quick enough!!!

Yeah its hard to keep a young teenager interested in anything other than girls and video games. It shocked the hell out of me when he asked me the other day if I would take him fishing. I've asked him 100 times in the cooler months to go and his answer was always no. So hopefully he will enjoy jugging. I've always enjoyed it, granted I myself could never wait till morning to see what I caught . I would fly around spot lighting them and chase em down like a little kid. So hell if I have a blast doing that maybe the kid will too.

Try and make it as fun as possible. Please be safe out on the water at night. A good spotlight is a must when jug fishing. I like to put reflective tape on the jugs. It helps my old eyes see them better.

Thanks for the tips, will be going sometime this week before his school starts back

A graph with a GPS is almost a MUST out there at night too. You can get turned around quite easily chasing a jug around. Good luck to you guys.Thumbs Up



BTW, make sure your hooks are sharp.

Don't have a gps. Don't plan on getting too far out from twin bridges . Gonna stay out on the main water as well. I'm familiar enough with the docks I've fished to get me back.

Have plenty of his favorite foods and drinks. I also used a homemade gaff or catch pole. I screwed a hook (from hardware store) in the end of a broom handle. By using this devise, you can get under docks and pull them out of the weeds. Nothing will make a man pee in his pants worse than pulling a jug with a water mocisin on the hook. The pole is long enough to keep them at a safe length.