Jug Fishing

[MrShane]

While jug fishing is not legal in Utah, it is a legal and fun way to fish for cats in many other states.  But this is Utah.  And someone might use live minnows and catch a hatchery pet rainbow or something.  End of unpaid political announcement.

I may or may not have unwittingly violated the laws by fishing for cats under a big salt water bobber back in the 1970s...on Willard Bay...from my float tube.  When I got bored I put up my rod (fishing two rods was illegal in those days) and set out a big bobber with about 20 feet of line and a big piece of carp or sucker meat...or dead green sunfish (which was legal in those 
When a fish got hooked it was a circus trying to catch up with the bobber using only fin power.  Cats have sensitive lateral lines and can tell when you are chasing them.  I solved the problem by casting a lure over the line to hook it and bring in the fish.

I am attaching an excerpt from my video on CATFISH...HOOK TO PAN

Heaven forbid if you were to use a live minnow in the same water it was harvested in while angling in Utah!
You crazy Man??

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Technically, if you had a long line tied to the jug and also to the boat, it might be no different than using a hand line. Maybe. You could still only fish two such deals, or one while you also fish with a rod and reel.

A gallon jug would be overkill but a 20-oz water bottle might look like the regular trash we see every day. Just sayin'

This method is even more fun at night if you put a glow stick in the water bottle.
Or so I’ve heard….

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While jug fishing is not legal in Utah, it is a legal and fun way to fish for cats in many other states.  But this is Utah.  And someone might use live minnows and catch a hatchery pet rainbow or something.  End of unpaid political announcement.

I may or may not have unwittingly violated the laws by fishing for cats under a big salt water bobber back in the 1970s...on Willard Bay...from my float tube.  When I got bored I put up my rod (fishing two rods was illegal in those days) and set out a big bobber with about 20 feet of line and a big piece of carp or sucker meat...or dead green sunfish (which was legal in those 
When a fish got hooked it was a circus trying to catch up with the bobber using only fin power.  Cats have sensitive lateral lines and can tell when you are chasing them.  I solved the problem by casting a lure over the line to hook it and bring in the fish.

I am attaching an excerpt from my video on CATFISH...HOOK TO PAN

Heaven forbid if you were to use a live minnow in the same water it was harvested in while angling in Utah!
You crazy Man??