04-19-2012, 04:03 AM
"Jugging" is not legal here unfortunately. Well, I say that and then I think of the times that I have gone back to good fishing holes and have found it littered with jugs making it nearly impossible to cast a lure in without snagging a jug line. So yeah, there are pros and cons.
Lots of trotline fisherman where I grew up. Some would use homemade rigs while others would go and buy prepared setlines. I have yet to try it here in Utah but I think the regs say that you are limited to 15 hooks. You also have to attach one end to a fixed structure on land and you can't leave the line unattended.
I enjoy fishing with a rod and reel more than sitting on shore and waiting for fish to get caught with my trotline but that is just me. Nothing wrong with that style of fishing. If I were to use a trotline on Utah Lake (most likely for catfish right?), I would use worms, carp meat, white bass meat, or minnows. Most likely would use the same hooks I use when fishing with a rod and reel for catfish. The thing to remember is that using a trotline/setline is not catch and release fishing since 98% of the time (probably higher) the fish has swallowed the hook and the only way to retrieve it is when you are cleaning that sucker.
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Lots of trotline fisherman where I grew up. Some would use homemade rigs while others would go and buy prepared setlines. I have yet to try it here in Utah but I think the regs say that you are limited to 15 hooks. You also have to attach one end to a fixed structure on land and you can't leave the line unattended.
I enjoy fishing with a rod and reel more than sitting on shore and waiting for fish to get caught with my trotline but that is just me. Nothing wrong with that style of fishing. If I were to use a trotline on Utah Lake (most likely for catfish right?), I would use worms, carp meat, white bass meat, or minnows. Most likely would use the same hooks I use when fishing with a rod and reel for catfish. The thing to remember is that using a trotline/setline is not catch and release fishing since 98% of the time (probably higher) the fish has swallowed the hook and the only way to retrieve it is when you are cleaning that sucker.
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