Juggin'

[muzzy]

I went juggin' down on nickajack lake twice this weekend with a some buddy'sof mine. On saturday we put out about 90 jugs and caught 19 catfish, one which weighed 38 lbs, in about 2 hrs. i have pics and will try to post them up when i have time.

Then on sunday we went from about 10:00-4:00 at night and threw out 140 jugs and caught approximately 35 fish. probably near 300 lbs of total fish. And let me tell you the big fish were out. we caught 6 that went over 20 lbs. one 22 lbs, two 28 lbs, one 32 lbs, one 34 lbs, and one 36 lbs. And there was on that we had at the side of the boat and in the net. one of the guys went to grab him by his gills and he spun around spit the hook out and flopped out of the net. ofcourse we couldn't even get half of him in the net he was just too huge. we think he might have been pushing 50 lbs. definately 45 lbs. i didn't have my camera this time but another guy had one so if i do get copies i'll definately put them up too.

oh by the way, just to let everybody know. $46 will buy you 71 krystal burgers. lol. that served as both dinner and breakfast.

[DocHolladay]

what a day you had. sounded like fun. what did you use as bait? cut bait, bream, shad? krystal burgers are good today, but tomorrow sucks.....lol. they are best with cheese and extra mustard.

[muzzy]

we use shad and skipjack as cut bait. it always seems to work the best.

[padeerhunter72]

did anyone ever try noodlin, its fun, if ya didnt , well try it. i did and its great. caught two one was 19 lbs and the other 10lbs

[DocHolladay]

you wont catch me doin it. something about reaching under a rcok and not knowing how big that fish really is.

[muzzy]

it would be fun, but im too much of a chicken. i like to be able to see what exactly i am grabbin.

[DocHolladay]

no $*%@. i think it is just fine on the end of my line....lol. gonna try and go do a little bassin' and throw out some jugs on priest Sat. evening. your welcome to come muzzy. unless it raining, then my buddy wont touch the water. i dont care as long as the lightening stays away. thats what they make rain gear for.

[muzzy]

thanks for the invite. i would love to but i have a surprise 40th b-day party to go to. how many jugs are ya'll gonna throw out

[muzzy]

finally got one pic downloaded. it took about 2 hrs. maybe my computer is just slow. this is my favorite pic though. 38lbs.

[DocHolladay]

dont know. buddy bought some since the ones we made last year got all tagled up from us hurrying to gather them up during a bad rain storm. i have some 2 liters ready to be made in to jugs though. all i need to do is add string and hooks. by the thats a nice cat.

[Jbhbass]

When jugging, try hot dogs soaked for a week in mustard and garlic, yum. A friend uses it on KY lake and catches big cats (20 to 40 lbs) and a slew of smaller ones. He catches so many he has two freezers full and give the excess away.

[DocHolladay]

might be hard to fish with them. that sounds good. just have to remember to leave the hotdog buns at the house. ;D. great tip. i will give it a try next time i go out.

[muzzy]

hmmm. might have to give it a shot. i've also heard that dial soap works really well, kinda like an attractant, if you give yer bait a squirt or two.

[kg5388]

down texas way it's illegal to use soap for catfishin that old p and g laundry soap works best i'm told but if you do use soap gut them as you catch them or they will taste like soap when you eat them

[GrampaJer]

NO NOODLEN for ME.. I like my fingers.. I might start MUDDIN when THE DUCK gits drained...