i am going juggin on lake palestine for the first time this sunday and i could use some advice. should i work the river and creek channels or go lots shallower than that? i have been told that they are spawning now. what depths should i be in? any advice would be appreciated. thanks

last saturday on lake conroe i set 12 jug lines in about 20 feet of water and then i was going to fish the bulkheads with rod and reel. i never pulled out my rod and reel, the jugs were catching fish before i could bait em all. i ended up setting them in a huge circle around a creek chanell. by 1:30 pm the live well was full.

lots of those fish were full of eggs....... i cant wait until tomorrow. i may fish the bulkheads before i set the jugs this time.

I fish jugs around dropoffs with rough bottom. I don't tend to fish jugs shallow.

One good thing about jugs is it's easy to try different depths and areas, just make up more jugs. It won't take you long to figure out the best depth for the area.

The river and creek channel idea should work fine.

thanks, i cant wait until tomorrow.

At night or evening,
For blues 9-14'
for flatheads 6-12'

daytime go deeper for them

But it also depends on the time of year.

The only right answer to your question is to set them at the depth where the fish are...

It's called Jug *FISHING* because you are still fishing for the fish, not necessarily catching them.

Try fishing the areas with rod and reel, then set the jugs and hooks around where you catch fish.