What do you guys use for jugs?

[jerkface11]

What kind of jug do you use? How much line? What kind of hook? What sort of bait?

[John R.]

We usedhalf gallon milk jugs for years, but now we use PVC pipe 12" long with caps on the end,31/2 to 4' of treated trotline cord, 2 six ought hooks, and a two ounce weight. the weight is on top of the two hooks. We killed em last year jug fishing. Hopefully this year will be as good.

[hillbill]

i used to use 2 liter pop bottles painted white exclusively, they move good with the wind but not as fast as the bigger 1 gal milk jugs and are tuff as the dickens. now i like the large diameter plastic foam pool floatee tubes from wal mart cut into 1' lengths. main reason is yu can wrap the line tite aroun them and then hook the hook into the foam so they don blow roun in the boat and get all tangled up on the way to and fro from the lake. wall mart ussually has them on sale for bout 1$ a foot.try them circle hooks in a proper size not tooo big to mutilate whatever size bait yur useing. they seem to have incredible holding power and always a corner of the mouth catch in case yu want to release the lil ones.oh i usually fish in OK where free drift jugs are legal last i knew.

[jtrew]

Putting a couple of ounces of weights such as gravel, tire weights, or even sinkers inside a 2-liter jug will make it harder for the wind to blow it around; most important, when you get a hit that's hard enough to tip the jug up, the weights slide down into the neck and keep the jug in a tipped position, letting you know you need to check that jug.
For foam noodlers, if you get the type that has a hole down the center, you can slide a piece of pvc pipe through the noodle.  Leave an inch or two sticking out one end, and a foot or so sticking out the other.  Insert your weights inside the pipe and cap both ends.  Attach your line to the long end of the pipe.  Again, when you get a good hit, the weights slide down and keep the jug in a tipped position.