Fronts
By Jackie Johnson
Fronts are the fisherman's nemesis. There is no way we can really avoid them, if we want to do much fishing. We have to learn to live and cope with them, and hopefully take advantage of them, just as we do with the sometimes, persistent and relentless, restless winds.
If you are lucky enough to have a river to fish, you don't really need to worry as muc
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I posted this ‘method’ for making boilie dumplings on this forum because this is a slow release bait suitable for trotlining in the dead of summer, they will last for days on the hook.
Whatever the odious scents you prefer to put in your flour based dough, roll it out flat about ¼” thick and slice them into ½” - 5/8” squares/rectangles; poke holes (indentations actually) to accommodate the
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Trotline 101
Build a Trotline for Catfish Fishing
Check the regulations concerning a trotline in your state, in particular, the maximum number of hooks and hook spacing. I like to stay clear of violations and miscounts by the ranger by simply making my trotlines hold fewer hooks than the maximum and space the hooks with a clear margin so that the ranger does not have to measure them, but can s
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Original posted by Matt H Donnell(Stfranwan) on February 28, 2004 Big River Trotlines The serious Big... ...
Original post made by Jerry Trew(Jtrew) on July 14, 2003 Here is a very rough sketch of a jumpbox. Please note that... ...
Original post made by Allen L. Knepp(Poppie) on June 30, 2005
© 2005 Trotlining Surprises
Poppie
One of the beauties of trotlining is that you never know what you will catch . . . Providing, of course, you manage to catch anything. When we run a new trotline we do so expecting to catch catfish. There are others trying to catch fish that are not legal to trotline but they do it anyway.
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Original posts made by Jerry Trew(Jtrew) on November 14, 2002
TROTLINING 101
As the title indicates, this is an attempt to give newcomers to trotlining enough knowledge to at least get started. Here are a few tidbits to keep in mind. First, of course, read the regs on trotlining in your state, and in the specific waters where you plan to set the trotlines. Many states have
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