Over the years, fishing has taken many turns. It has gone in many directions, from low tech to high tech. You have many choices of fishing now days. You can fish with or with out a pole. Low-tech fishing is easy and can be fun. High tech fishing can also be fun, just more expensive.
Low Tech Fishing
The age-old sport of fishing low tech will test your skills. It would be you against the fish and see who comes out the winner. This is the sport from days past, where you could grab a cane pole, or a limb of a tree, tie a string on it, attach a hook, conjure up some bait and you are all set.
Low-tech fishing tests your knowledge of where the fish will be or how to attract them.
Jug Fishing: Fishing Without a Pole
When you fish without a pole, it is called jug fishing. It is used most the time for catching catfish and gar.
Fishing without a pole was the poor/lazy man's way of fishing, effective and productive for those who didn't have the time to hold a pole or for those too lazy to hold one. All you had to do was to bait a hook, place it on a line and a floating device large enough to tire the fish out trying to get loose. You could come back later and see what you have caught.
If you want to catch many fish at one time, you simply set out a line with many hooks, baiting all them out, securing the line to a tree or some kind of anchoring device and your trotline was ready.
