Yea if your pole bends over, and I reel it in just to show my son. You're ok with that lol? Doubtful. Same thing as a jug. They should be marked with the persons name and address and phone number, if that info doesn't match your info, you don't touch it....period. You meet ppl at a cleaning station to show someone a fish. Or even better, sell the jet ski, grab a flat bottom and teach the kid to fish. I run jugs all the time, and like mentioned above, I've seen jugs getting a hit and when I checked it, lost the fish in process. Just like casting bait on a Rod and reel, gotta put the jug in the right place. The beauty in jugs is they are the best fish finders. I'll put a couple in areas im interested in fishing. If one of the areas is hot on the jugs, I can pull the jugs, anchor and fish Rod and reel. Great tools.

it was dumb of him, but it was a good opportunity to explain to him the in and outs of jug etiquette. he probably wasn't meaning to be harmful.

Sounds like I should educate myself on how to properly jug fish! Maybe set some out near my hole next time I can get on to the lake and see what happens. I haven't tried for any blues yet, but have the urge. Well stated Eric. Thank you.