How To Jug Fish
By: Willy
AKA: BigBear7
IF YOU NEVER BEEN JUG FISHING, YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED A TRULY FUN THING. ALL IN ALL, IT COULD BE CALLED CHEAT FISHING FOR SHORT. FIRST THING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT IS THAT IT WORKS BEST WITH WATER THAT STANDS STILL. NOT MOVING. IT DOES WORK WITH MOVING WATER TO BUT ITS A HARDER JOB TO WATCH THE BOTTLES WHEN YOU SET THEM OUT. I WENT DOWN TO GET A JUG FISHING LICENSE. IT COST ME ABOUT $5.00. WITH IT, YOU CAN SET OUT ABOUT 30 JUGS AT A TIME. I RECKON YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW WHAT JUG FISHING IS. YOU TAKE A 1 LITER OR 2 LITER PEPSI BOTTLE AND TIE ON ABOUT 3 OR 4 FOOT OF LINE TO IT. TIE ON A HOOK AND SOME SPLIT SHOT AND THERE YOU GO. PUT ON YOUR FAVORITE BAIT AND TOSS THEM OVERBOARD. YOU SIT THERE AND WATCH THEM AND WHEN SOMETHING HITS THEM. THE BOTTLE GOES STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR AND USUALLY HEADS DOWN THE RIVER. THE SECRET IS TO GET THEM BEFORE THEY HAVE TIME TO GO AND WRAP THEMSELVES IN A LOG OR IN SOMETHING TO TANGLE THEM UP. IT DOES HAPPEN!!! ALOT! ESPECIALLY IF YOU FISH THE SWAMP LIKE I DO. ONE DAY MY BUDDY AND ME WERE FISHING AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRIKE ALL DAY. NOTHING!!!! IT WAS GETTING DARK AND I SAID THAT I HAD HAD ENOUGH. I NEEDED SOME MEAT IN THE FREEZER AND I WAS GONNA LEAVE UNTIL I HAD SOME. WE SET OUT ABOUT 15 JUGS AND WENT DOWN RIVER WITH THE SPOT LIGHT. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES, THE BOTTLES STARTED TO MOVE AROUND AND "BAM!!" THEY WERE HITTING ALL AROUND US. I HIT THE TROLLING MOTOR AND MY BUDDY WOULD STAY AT THE FRONT OF THE BOAT, GRABBING THE BOTTLES AS I GOT CLOSER TO THEM. HE WAS PULLING CATFISH AND CRAPPIE UP FASTER THAN WE COULD UNHOOK AND BAIT AGAIN. WITH 30 MINUTES AFTER WE SET THEM OUT, WE HAD 15 FISH IN THE BOAT. YOU DO LOSE FISH THAT JUST STEAL THE BAIT OR COME OFF THE HOOKS BUT ITS FUN RUNNING ALL AROUND IN THE WATER TRYING TO CHASE THEM DOWN. WE TOOK WHAT WE NEEDED AND LEFT WHAT WE DIDN'T IN THE WATER. WE DON'T TAKE WHAT WE DON'T NEED. I FIGURE I WOULD LET THEM GROW UP AND THERE WILL BE MORE FOR ME LATER ON IN LIFE. IF YOU TRY IT, REMEMBER TO HAVE A GOOD PAIR OF NEEDLE-NOSE PLIERS WITH YOU. THE FISH DO TEND TO SWALLOW THE ENTIRE HOOK SOMETIMES AND ITS HARD TO GET THEM OUT WITHOUT THE PLIERS. ANYWAY, THAT'S HOW YOU JUG FISH.
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