Jug fishing may not require the finesse of jigging a quarter-ounce lure, nor have the sporting appeal of catching a 20-pound fish on 10-pound test, but it’s certainly a winning move in the fun department. There’s nothing quite like pedaling your kayak at full-tile, chasing after a jug being towed along by a big catfish. When you catch up to that jug it’s a mano-a-mano tug of war, and at the end of the day you may well have one catfish after another piled high in the cooler.
Before you go jugging, remember that this tactic is reserved for nongame fish and channel, blue, and flathead catfish in freshwater. There are also a number of lakes, reservoirs, and rivers where juglining is not allowed. (You can find them all at the TPWD webpage for Legal Devices, Methods, & Restrictions). Now, with all of that out of the way:
Now it’s time to kick back, wait, and watch. When one of the jugs starts moving off, the chase begins!
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