“Juggin” is a fishing technique that many use on the Mississippi River. It gets it name from the fact that the anglers use old milk, soap, bleach, soda, etc bottles (jugs) to attach a line, sinker, hook and bait and set them a drift in the channel. It is not uncommon to come upon Juggers with as many as 20-30 jugs floating down the river at a time. They follow along in their boats and if they see a bottle bouncing up and down, they race after it to land whatever may have hooked itself. Most often they are fishing for channel catfish that range from a couple pounds to as large they say as 80 pounds. Pat and I had the opportunity to float along with some juggers south of New Madrid and question them on the bait they use, technique etc. While we were with them, they caught two catfish each about 15 pounds. I asked them how they get a 70-80 pound catfish in the boat. Their answer was they have to drag it to shore and deal with it there. It is also quite amusing to see the juggers scurry around collecting their jugs when a towboat is approaching their fishing area. It appears that to many along the river, catfish is one of their basic food groups.