Lower End Buzz Bait Report

[Quillback]

56 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I bet the one I recovered probably traveled at least 500 yards before I grabbed it.  Far enough it went out of sight while I fished and I had to go look for it.   It’s not a bad idea but shouldn’t they have contact info on them?    And.   How do they find them after a fish is on it towing it around?  

Arkansas state law (last I checked) requires you have an ID on them.  Could not see any on the decoys we saw today, but we did not get real close to them.  They can certainly swim off with them.  Several years ago I was fishing on Beaver near where War Eagle and the White river channels intersect.  Down the White river channel came a clorx jug being towed by something and it was going fast enough that it was putting out a little wake.  It just kept on going downstream and eventually disappeared from site, never slowed down and moved in a straight line.  I don't like to mess with someone else's stuff, but I sort of wanted to see what was on the end of that line, but sort of didn't want to mess with whatever it was.  

If I was going to jug fish, I'd certainly keep an eye on them and rotate through them periodically to check bait and make sure they weren't hung up.