Fly Fishing Guide

Find Out The Basics Of Catfish Jug Fishing

If there was any doubt in your mind that you could catch fish going our fishing with jugs, then you need to spend a little time familiarizing yourself with this information. I am about to tell you exactly what jug fishing is, what techniques to use, and how to gear up to go out jug fishing.

The idea behind jug line fishing is to take a jug or float, put on a fishing line and hook with some bait and putting it out there for the fish. The idea is to have lots of jugs on the water, giving you the ability to cover a lot of water quickly, and to catch multiple fish. Picture being at 10 different locations with your rod and reel, all at the same time. That is exactly what jug fishing can do.

There are really only two main types of jug fishing. And those two types are anchored and free floating.

In the anchored style of jug fishing, you’ll be tying your jug lines to a solid object, such as tree, stump, rock or other set object in or near the water. Another option is to tie off a big weight to your jug line to hold it in place.

But with regard to free floating jugs, there aren’t any additional weights or tie offs, you just rig up, and set the jug in the water. Put it in a good place, that will facilitate it being able to float a distance, and not get caught on the bank.

For a typical jug line, get a quart sized jug, a swivel, a circle hook and some twine or heavy leader line to get started. For anchored jugging on the bottom, place a big weight on the end of line with your hook a few feet up from the bottom. If you are anchoring and fishing shallow, just tie a rope to the jug, and tie the other end to a nearby immobile object. The best bait to use is live perch or shad, but you can use dead shad or perch and still catch some great catfish.

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