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Enjoyed the pictures and story of a member in a pontoon boat chasing a bobber last year still attached to a fish. Last night on only my second outing in my tube I thought I saw a bobber attached to a duck as I was coming in. Turned out the bobber was attached to a fish that was following the duck. Legs were so tired that I decided to just let it go and started kicking back to shore when the people who lost the bobber started yelling and asked if I could get it for them. Stupid me said yes and the race was on. Every time I would get close the fish would pull it under and take off again. Around and around we went with me getting tired and my family laughing harder and harder. Finally got smart and started flipping my rapala in front of it when ever I got close and snaged the line finally. They were glad to have the fish and bobber and I was just glad to get to shore and call it a night. Now that I've had a good night sleep I guess it was pretty fun.
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[cool][#0000ff]Good story, and a good way to get some exercise.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In some parts of the country, it is legal to "jug" fish for cats. You set out a series of baited lines, each attached to a float or jug. It is easy to tell when you have a customer. The jug or float starts cruising around all over the place. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have chased jugs in both a rowboat and from a tube. Like yourself, I found that it was easier to use a rod and lure to snag the line than to try to chase it down. Those cats are sensitive to noise and vibration and they know when you are after them. They can keep out of reach range real easy.[/#0000ff]
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Hey waitttt a minute !!
What happened to your little ducky friend? Don't you think ducky was tired and frustrated too. It didn't drown from watching you did he/she?
Anyways .... I thoought float tubes and your craft were considered 'bobbers' by the speed boat crowd! ha ha ha
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That happened to me too last year. It took me some time to realize a fish was on the other end. I thought it was just the waves making the bobber go under whenever I got close. I eventually caught it and there was a 12" mudcat on the end.
How big was the fish on the end?
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Tubedude you amaze me as I would never have thought of chasing jugs in a tube. Don't think I'll try it until I get in much better shape. The duck was fine as he was just going the same way as the fish. Probably had a good laugh wondering what I was doing going around in circles though. The trout was about 13 inches and one of the biggest I'd seen all night on the pond. Most of the fish caught were this years little planters.
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It seems as though this may be a fairly common experience. The same thing happened to me about a month ago at Utah Lake. I also finned around for about ten minutes trying to get the bobber. I first tried my landing net but, it kept getting away. Then I loaded my largest Kastmaster on my reel and fired away at it until I snagged it. Then, I was treated to a fight with a mudcat that was on the other end. I got it aboard my tube and extracted the hook and recovered a bobber. It is one of those bobbers that has a battery in it and ball bearings to make it rattle. The batteries were dead, so I don't know if the mud had been dragging that bobber around since someone lost it night fishing the day before. It could have been a long night for that bullhead. I'll have to get batteries for the bobber and see if it still works - it looks like it's brand new.
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Attached is a photo of the same experience.
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