Catfish “Jug” Lines

There's a meat eater episode on this. May be helpful to watch? At least it's entertaining.

Just a thought.

You know... Im not sure what to think of that. It's either genius or fricking retarded.

Chicken livers, just dont leave a lot of meat hanging off the hook. Wrap and hook the excess so they can't tear it it off

Small crawfish
Live bream
Chicken liver
Calf heart

You can catch catfish on damn near anything but live bream will catch the Apps better.

We set "set lines" and typically use live buffalo. If you can get your hands on some of that, its what id suggest.

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My go to to on jugging or trot lines are the little white crawfish that come from roadside ditches.

Get you a dip net with tiny holes and try a few ditches along the road and put in 5 gallon bucket. I’ve caught a lot and good size catfish off the ditch crawfish.

ETA: Goldfish are the GOAT but illegal to use in LA. Like someone above stated for flat heads, use live bream. Also a tiny little live mudcat works well. My grandfather used to do this and he caught some huge fish at Belle River and Verrett

We used to run 100+ noodles every weekend on dead lakes but have transitioned to bank poles over the years.

Save yourself some headache and get both livers and gizzards. Put them both in the same bag and let them sit over night. You can add garlic or any other scent to the bag but I don’t think it makes a difference. The idea is to get the gizzards soaked in blood from the liver. Gizzards will stay on the hook 1000x better than liver, chop them into quarters so they go farther, it really doesn’t take much, and tip the hook with a bit of liver.

Another practical thing, attach a split shot to the line a few inches above the hook. It shouldn’t be so heavy that it will tip the noodle in the water, but big enough that it will catch on a gaff. This makes baiting and resetting much easier, an unweighted hook will slide through a gaff every time, it’s science.

As others have said flatheads are predators and targeting them is a different game. This is why we’ve moved to bank poles and live bait. They also require specific sets that could honestly be a different thread.

Have fun, a jon boat with a 9.9 and good lights, and an ice chest full of beer is a hell of a time.

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He's talking about stump lines or limb lines. Just some black twine tied to a tree with a big hook and some weight on it. Works really well in the summer months. We use live bream as big as you can catch with a 12/0 hook and a roll of lead tape wrapped around the line about 18" up from the hook. You can catch some big Opp's on those dudes.

I used shrimp (peel on) last year. I let them get kind of stinky and then cut in half. Hook through and then back in.