What type of trotline should I use?

What type of trotline should I use? - Trotliners

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There are many ways to run your catfish gear, trotlining is no different and there are about as types of trotlines as there are ways to skin a catfish. In this video I illustrate the different types of sets we use and give some advice on setting your gear.

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@2005Pilot 2 ай бұрын

Excellent Job!!

@ShawnAndera 8 жыл бұрын

I like that you mentioned tagging the line. In SD, we have to purchase a tag for each line being run. Then the state sends you a tag that has to be attached to the line. Each state is certainly different.

@chriswest5360 3 жыл бұрын

I wish that was a requirement for all the trot lines here, but they only have to tag it if it’s for commercial fishing with a commercial fishing tag and then it is only considered commercial if it’s got 100 hooks or more on it... but I’ve found other people’s trotlines before hecsuse it had been left baited & unattended and I found it from there being either dead fish on it and they were floating to the surface or a dead alligator snapping turtle (aka loggerhead) on one this time, and I don’t usually cut someone’s Line but it was in a small canal that was a high boat traffic area and I nearly got the line caught in the prop of my engine myself so I had to cut that one staging off to get the turtle loose so the line would go back to the bottom, I also removed the rest of the bait from the line and it had a couple catfish on it that had been obviously been there a while that I also turned loose. But the one staging/hook that the turtle was on was the only one I cut, which in hindsight I should’ve called the game wardens because they were breaking the law by leaving the line unattended but after cutting the turtle loose and removing the bait off the other hooks (it was baited with live perch and most were already dead from being there so long or they were in bad shape with the fins and scales missing and scraped up... which I’d been there fishing for several days and had seen the guys that had the line the first day or two I’d been out there and it had been several days since I had seen them which when I plan on pulling out and not coming back the next day to run lines I will ALWAYS go over all of my lines and remove the baits, even if it’s a line that I’d already ran possibly even started to re-bait, and I’ve had arguments with fishing buddies about why I’m worried about unbaiting the lines...

@ChrisDavis-dt6xx 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video

@lukejones1244 6 жыл бұрын

Hello, Do you think its a good idea to put floats on the drop lines to raise the bait slightly off the bottom?

@Trotliners1 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, you can if you want to, just make sure it's a foam type of float so it will stay boyant and not get water logged.

@daviddaigrepont9485 2 жыл бұрын

What's the best time of the year and moon phase to run trot lines?

@chupapicampbell9118 5 жыл бұрын

Rc’s are awesome

@kennethsmith8844 Жыл бұрын

There is a man from Tulsa fishing Keystone Lake that developed a pulley system . He fishes with no bait. As the fish swim through the water opening their mouth and just suck in the hook

@mathewskaggs3955 Жыл бұрын

Can you tell me where I can find some more info on this guy?