I want to tell you I have fished all my life, and your Noodle design is the best I have ever seen. I am 56 and come from a family that has fished mainly for catfish since I could walk and I have to tell you, your design is awesome thank you for sharing.
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 I made up fifty of them already and I have noticed the weight tends to stick in the crimped ends, not to bad but I haven't put them in the water yet so I don't know if this is going to effect the weight not breaking lose from the crimped ends when the fish hits but even if it does I feel the weights a good thing as it should make the unit sit in the water more thus cutting down the effects of the wind. These were very easy to build. I recommend using a 4 inch grinder with a cut wheel besides using a saws all to cut the rebar. The blades are around 15 dollars for 5 blades and it was very difficult to cut the rebar ( made the rebar shake and jerk around, difficult to hold). I gave up on the saws all and grabbed my 4 inch grinder with a cut wheel and it worked fantastic. Hitting the water tomorrow night, can't wait to chase these down...lol I did think of another way to use these, I do a lot of catfishing on the rivers. I fish where the banks are soft dirt and bare raising over 6 feet above the water (Hatchie river, Tennessee) I use 5ft capped 3/4 pipe as limb lines. I have found it difficult to adjust the line to accommodate the spot I set the limb line in order to get to the ledge or deeper holes. By drilling a fifth hole in your design, in the end with four holes, I will be able to connect them to my limb line swivel and use the line adjustment in your design, awesome get line adjustment that's simple and floatation to increase presentation and night time visibility. Awesome design Thanks again for sharing.
@JDHuckster-mf7cg they work, but same happened to mine. You'll have to bank them on the side of boat and ease them in water. I don't like that at all. I like being able to throw them to spread them out a bit
Your idea of crimping the ends is so simple that it is genius! The money and effort to purchase and apply all the endcaps, eyebolts, etc. is what kept me from doing it so far. Was easy to put off. Since I have a high temperature, heat gun, I was able to omit the boiling water. I put it over the heat for a few seconds, then set the pipe on the flat part of a bench vice, smashed it down with a metal bucking bar I have (block of wood or any flat object would suffice). It was done in a few seconds and was a bit easier than the channelocks. Just my spin on it. Thanks again.
Great video! Been wanting to make a few of these for a while now and this was a great motivator! Also wanted to say how much I appreciate people like y'all and channels like this! I grew up panfishing with my Dad and my boys are growing up fishing as well but I learn so much from good people in other parts of the country. God bless ya'll for keeping Him first and keeping it real!!
Thanks, I heard a saying years ago, "Kids who Hunt and Fish don't Steal and Deal" keep em outdoors, and you'll be proud you did. Make em tough, they gonna need it in this world, LoL. God bless
I have got to make me some of these. I have always wanted to have the ability to adjust the depth easily and by gosh this is the answer I have been looking for.
Glad to have y'all along on the ride. We need more Bama representation, lol. You'd think since half my Bloods from Mobile, we'd have more Bama Support🤣🤣🤣
Several things I like about this design. The adjustment is pretty smart. Should work perfectly. Not using a cap has a few benefits. Mine are capped on one end and it’ll dump water in your lap if you aren’t careful when picking it out of the water. And I like cheaper. The boiling water is a great idea. Much easier. Looking forward to seeing em fish.
I liked the idea of the adjustable depth and crimping the end of the pvc. Very interesting. Took me a while but I did see the Louisiana Tech sticker on the frig. Living in GA now but spent 5 years in Ruston at Dolly Polly. Good video!
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 In my day (1971-1975) Louisiana Polytechnic Institute was called "Dolly Polly" or "Dolly Poly" by those before me..the older folks. I spent most of my days on Lake Bistineau, Caddo, Cross and Toledo Bend. And Flag Lake if you've ever heard of that one on Barksdale. It was a great place to grow up.
Man now you’re really talking my language lol. Love jug fishing. I always keep my jugs in the boat just in case 😂 I put a small screw eye at the end of the pvc and loop my twine back through then tighten it down to make them adjustable for different depths. Can’t wait for the videos
I figured there'd be several ways that I'd not thought of to make them adjustable. These definitely do not slip, so I think they gonna work. I was also trying to cut cost after looking at eye bolts in the hardware stores😳. Everything has went through the roof on pricing. We gonna be back to switch came and hand braided line if this keeps up!!!
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 dang right it has. I made mine a couple years ago for pretty cheap and I’m all about going cheap when I can lol. That screw eye is nice though. I can fish them over 20 feet deep or about 2 feet. Looking forward to some more videos. You’ve been killing it this year with them
No problem, thanks for watching. They work great, we've used them 3 times now and have caught up to 8 lb blues. Only thing I recommend is going without the weights. We're gonna remove them all. The adjustable part is spot on!!
Good idea! I make adjustable ones myself, but ours aren’t designed to tip up so that from a distance people don’t know a fish is on unless they’re moving. I’ll do a video sometime. Cheapest version ever created ….. because I’m cheap by nature lol
sure like these and will be making some i have the ones i put caps on but going this route on the next ones i make, hope you do a video on using them and catching them cats.
Another benifit having the rebar in it is when the grab it and pull down, the rebar slides down and makes a “thunk” sound and the fish will flinch away from the sound creating a better hook set.
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 ROFLMFAO, now wait a min it, you don’t let the rain and a gall bladder surgery slow you down, WTH. Just kiddin, I’ve been watching the severe weather down there, hope ya’ll are ok, and look forward to the juggling videos, hoop net videos, heck all of the videos.
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 I understand. I can remember a time when everything didn’t hurt and I would fish rain or shine. Now I’m old and beat up and a cold rain is as painful as being on the wrong end of a whoopin. Not sure how your weather is looking but hope it’s not too bad, cause I want to see more videos.
These look awesome but I have one concern that maybe by now you can answer.. the line going through the holes you drilled.. does the sharp edges cause any abrasion to the line? Possibly cut the string eventually?
I haven't seen any signs of abrasion. I do recommend use of tared line, but because it locks in the holes better and don't slip at all. Either will work though. Loving these noodles, but I'm taking all the weights out. Hate them because I like to throw them away from the boat while drifting
I made some just like you showed except I went through the pipe instead of outside and use the holes pretty much the same I didn’t use weights though . Good idea thanks
@TugTrashOutdoors your videos bring back memories. Grew up on a shrimp boat on the Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana coasts. Also works offshore for 5 years and at one time had a 26ft center console we run offshore in a lot. Sure miss the Saltwater, but we get down there ever so often!!! Keep it rolling
You remind me of dad and my uncle when they were fishing. Frugal but effective they always said. I was wondering if maybe when sliding the pvc pipe on the noodle if just a touch of dish soap would make the pvc slide in a little easier. Just a thought my friend
I thought about adding something on the PVC, but it really wasn't very hard. I was mainly moving it back and forth to keep the ends from ripping the inside of the noodle. Gotta be careful there.
Looking forward to seeing how they fish. I'm thinking about making weighted ones to show strikes/catches from distance. Would like to know how they work out first though.
That’s just AWESOME!! Gonna give it a try!!😊 Question?? When fish get hooked do they drag the noodle to another area or everything just stays in the general area you set it? Ty again for sharing 👍
I mean if it's a big fish it may peel out. For the most part you'll see them quick enough to give pursuit and catch them. They pretty much gotta be attended though
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 we are restricted to 2 lines in Maine and I don't think we can just let them float, you have to tend them or be attached. Winter we can have 5 lines, but that's through a hole in the ice!
Thanks man. I just made 40 with the boiled water channel lock method. Worked great. Thank you for the awesome take on noodles. @@godscountryhuntingfishing1638
Those cheap red franks worked good on Channel cats. Big Shiners or Gold fish work on blues and big channel cats. I'm sure bream would be good for blues and opps. If you want smaller channel cats id imagine cold worms would work. Cut bait could be good at times as well as Shrimp
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 Love the idea of using boiling water to crimp down the ends. I imagine a little hot glue would seal up those ends quite nicely if you wanted to make it fully water proof.
Absolutely nothing. It's more of a fish chase. That's what appeals to people, they have fun chasing the fish down. I'ma get a video on here fishing them soon
Mine don’t float away and the catfish big or small can’t tow them off like them float around noodles . I fish 1 to 5 hooks on mine and fish from 35 ft deep and up usually year round stay in 22-32ft deep . I can adjust for calmer water to rougher water to not trip in bigger waves . Or to add more resistance for hook sets on picky fish . I hate them float around ones that fish drag off I release fish off of them all the time and they trash the lake banks also .
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 I have big nuts that I aquire for free from shut downs that fit on the 3/4 cap on the end of noodle that the main line is tied too. The nut is the anchor lowered to the bottom . The line is all wrapped around noodle and I only let out the depth of line I need and use trot line clip as the depth setter to clip the line so the noodles don’t keep rolling line out .
@slabslayer258 sounds like a pretty sweet set up. Shame RU-vid don't allow pictures in comments section. I have it invisioned though. I'd like to rig up some of those to fish a couple lakes with for big flatheads and blues. Thanks for the idea. Id probably only make like 5 up and use Little bit bigger weights and floats. Maybe three noodles together or big floats
@@godscountryhuntingfishing1638 I have 10 made up for big fish , I bought the massage foam thing from excersise section just the big round one and cut into sections I for get length . And just shoved my pipe through center best I could . For big fish noodles lol . With big hooks for big bait .
Best to look in the book or pull the LDWF pdf up on your phone and read up on it. Different stuff says different. I know it's crazy, but it's not cut and dry. Our law makers should do better to stream line it so it's same info on everything. I put Name, phone number, and license number on my stuff.
I ordered some small round aluminum ones off Amazon and then engraved them. Also had stickers made for the limb lines. Some people are also getting dog collar tags made for hoop nets and such or using the yellow cow tags. There is a lot of water proof options
