Mill Creek Jug Fishing 6/24

[Jason Essary]

How deep were the bass?

[stuartsx5]

My jugs that I caught most of the bass on were in about 15 FOW and the fish were on the hooks that were at 2' and 7' off the bottom. I only put these out at night anchored and checked them in the mornings around 7 so they were all caught at night. The one in the picture was caught along the bluffs just past the island near Mill Creek campground in 30 FOW and he was on the hook that was at about 15' from the bottom. One of them took a perch that was probably 5" long. Too big for jugs but that night the small perch were hard to come by.

[abkeenan]

My jugs that I caught most of the bass on were in about 15 FOW and the fish were on the hooks that were at 2' and 7' off the bottom. I only put these out at night anchored and checked them in the mornings around 7 so they were all caught at night. The one in the picture was caught along the bluffs just past the island near Mill Creek campground in 30 FOW and he was on the hook that was at about 15' from the bottom. One of them took a perch that was probably 5" long. Too big for jugs but that night the small perch were hard to come by.

Nice report. You'd be surprised with what a bass can swallow. A 5" perch is nothing for a 4 or 5lb bass to take down and especially not a cat. With trot lines that I started setting with my grandfather when I was around 10, would always put a big ole' "black perch" on the line and say that was gonna be the one fish going for the bigger cats. Don't ever know which size perch (green sunfish) caught the biggest cats but he liked to think the big old ones that you could filet were the ones that got the biggun's.

[Champ188]

Kudos for letting the big girl go. Good luck on the catfish.

[stuartsx5]

catching bass on a catfish jug, where they do that at ?

I've been jugging since 1982 all over MO, and have NEVER caught a bass on a jug baited with gills or any kind of live bait ...what's your secret ??

Hey do you like fresh cut bait for catfish??

Well, I have just started with the jug fishing. I usually quit fishing when it gets hot cause I don't chase the bass so to expand my fishing time I started jugging. This is just the third time I have done it in two years so I am on a learning curve. The reason I caught the bass may very well be because I put my jugs in bass water instead of catfish. I caught three bass in one night on two jugs in the back of a narrow cove where a creek comes in. Center of the cove was about 30' deep and I set mine in about 15 fow. I anchor my jugs and they have three hooks a piece on them. I use live bait when I can. We had some kids with us this weekend so we just went out with crappie jigs and caught all our perch, which made it fun for the kids. I haven't done very well on cut baits or shrimp, but then again I haven't done this much. My brother-inlaw used strictly cut bait but he fishes Truman. He and his buddies put out a total of 150 hooks Sunday night and caught 31 catfish. I gotta get better at this so I can beat him.