Utilizing Jugs to Snatch Catfish

Would you like to learn how to catch an insane number of catfish, then you need to take a look at using jug lines. Catfish jug fishing is a great way to maximize your time on the water, and topull in pound after pound of catfish. We have been out using this method, and many occasions we will deploy over twenty jug lines to yank in the fish. There in lies one of the secrets as to why jug fishing outperforms regular rod and reel fishing, the large increase in hooks and bait in the water.

If you are looking to catch blue catfish, using 4 to 6 inch live or dead shad on a heavy twine or leader line with a circle hook is the best way to go. My personal favorite bait to use is live perch. Many times we will partially fillet one side of a perch, just to put some blood and scent into the water, to draw in the big fish. When you are going after yellow catfish, you’ll definitely want to consider using perch to catch them.

We will get our jugs and put them amongst a bunch of stumps or other submerged cover, and tie off the jugs to the stumps. We always catch fish using this method. Often we will catch anywhere from 20-50 pounds of catfish each day we run the lines, and we normally run the lines twice a day. This is an excellent way to catch some very nice catfish.