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Hey y’all. I tried juggin for the first time last year with big detergent jugs and litter jugs and stuff like that. It was a circus. They blew all over the lake and didn’t catch a single fish. Trying noodles with pvc through then this year. Making the tattle tale style with weight in them. My question is, what water temp do y’all start putting jugs out?
Thanks!
Jesse
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I catch them year around. Caught 39 this past Sunday. I do not use PVC. Waste of money. I only run the line through the noodle itself. Never lost one to a fish. Have caught plenty of 30+ pounders. Water temp was 65 or so out in the middle
I am new to jugging also,yesterday was my first time.I made 10 with jumbo noodles and pvc pipe.Well I only caught one about 3 lbs.I was using live crawfish,they just were not biting or didn't want crawfish.
Going to try again next week.will fish a flat letting them drift and follow them with boat using my trolling motor,hope I do better.
what length line do you use?
1-4 feet is where I catch the most of my fish. As far as bait, the absolute best I’ve come across is red “hot link” sausages soaked in minced garlic for a day. Don’t know it until you try it. Trust me. Set your jugs and get away from them for 30 minutes or so unless you see one tip up.
most of my noodles are 16-20 inches. I didn’t measure. I didn’t order them on amazon and made sure they were heavier duty than the cheap ones at wal mart
My leaders are 30"Quote:
Originally Posted by papasage
I just finished making my first 15 noodles. I think I made my line too long. I have a braided string running off my eye bolt, 6ft to a swivel. Then I’ve got 40 lb mono tied onto that. The mono is about 8 ft. Is this too much? I also put a 1 1/2 oz egg sinker at the top of the mono with a bead and a stopper about 2 in down from the swivel.
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Also, I tried it out today... turns out year old shad from the freezer and severely freezer burned shrimp do not make good bait lol. I didn’t even get a bite
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Shorten your leader,try doing away with the extra mono leader,Change it up maybe you fishing too deep.
Try nightcrawlers,hotdogs soaked in strawberry kook-aid and garlic,heard beef liver is good too.
My leaders are 12, rather two phathoms. I use big gun jugs. They are like noodle jug with a plank of wood on he bottom. The fish cannot pull these under. It acts like a parachute. Attachment 371688
Part of jug fishing is chasing the jug around unless you go with anchored jugs. You have to spend time jug fishing just like any fishing to learn ropes. All the same principles of fishing apply. People think jug fishing is easy, they try it, and find out there's a lot more to it that randomly throwing jugs out.
For me cut bluegill is my favorite, but I can't always get fresh, so I often cure them in a 3:2:1 cure of Borax, sugar and salt. It's the same thing they use out west for salmon egg cures.
Second favorite bait is chicken gizzard. Birds don't have intestines. They have a second stomach. That gizzard is the best bait in my area. This on the list is livers of any kind.
I generally cure all my baits in that 3:2:1 cure mentioned above. That way I can keep bait fresh for about a year.
My leaders are 12 feet, i.e., two fathoms. I use big gun jugs. They are like noodle jugs with a plank of wood on he bottom. The fish cannot pull these under. It acts like a parachute. Attachment 371688
Part of jug fishing is chasing the jug around unless you go with anchored jugs. You have to spend time jug fishing just like any fishing to learn ropes. All the same principles of fishing apply. People think jug fishing is easy, they try it, and find out there's a lot more to it that randomly throwing jugs out. Jug fishing is work.
Cut bluegill is my favorite, but I can't always get fresh, so I often cure them in a 3:2:1 cure of Borax, sugar and salt. It's the same thing they use out west for salmon egg cures.
Second favorite bait is chicken gizzard. Birds don't have intestines. They have a second stomach. That gizzard is the best bait in my area. Third on the list is livers of any kind.
I generally cure all my baits in that 3:2:1 cure mentioned above. That way I can keep bait fresh for about a year.
You'll have to try different areas, depths and baits for find what works best for you. It's just like fishing any other method. There is a learning curve. I wish more people understood that.
I have jug fished for years. My jugs have approximately 3 ft. of line. I have some plastic bottles that have 2 flat sides, and catch little wind. Sometimes they may go under they eventually come back up. I have jugged at night and during the day, Hands down I have caught more fish during the day. I also use snap and swivels to avoid line twist. As far as bait I use nothing but Live Medium Minnows.I go after numbers more than size. I also stagger my jugs when I set them out. This helps when the wind blows them into the bank so that all the jugs don't have to be picked up at one time. The spring spawn is a awesome time to jug shallow to medium 3-8' mud flats. Hopes this helps.
Say what ? Every one ofthe thousands of ducks,geese,turkey,dove,chickens,etc that Ive cleaned have all had gizzards AND intestines.Quote:
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My mistake.