Thread: Cast Nets

Thanks for the recommendation Chill. Just bought that net and can't wait to try it out. Plus, now I don't have to see my wife tear up as I rip heads off the little guys that get stuck in my 3/8 net.

I started with a 4', then mover to a 6', now an 8'. I find the 8', which as a 16' diameter, much better, More weight actually makes it easier to throw and when I do make a banana, still has enough area to catch bait.
If you ever throw onto school of anchovies and pull in a net with 200+ little fish stuck in the net, you quickly learn not to throw on anchovies ever again.

I like the smaller size because it is easier to land it in thr confined spaces in some of the backwaters around GS. Most of the places I use it are less than 3' deep. Rebar, old dock posts and riprap will take a net from you and not even kiss you first.

Fisherman's Discount on highway 98 has some great nets, i havent tried J&M's nets but their nets are nice, the bait nets have a really limp netting opposed to the walmart nets that seem to puff up and they have both larger company made nets and handmade nets that he makes himself in the store, i have a 7 foot bait net and a 10 foot mullet net both from there and ive never had any problems except for normal wear and tear from snags

At a tackle show several years ago I asked one of the people at Bett's why some nets are good and others are not. The answer I got was it depended on where in the shipping container it was stacked,where on the ship the container was,how long the container sat in the sun, but most important,what time of year it was shipped. In other words,a net that was shipped in Augest that was in the top box of the top pallet and the container was on top of the stack on the ships deck,it would be in 140 degree plus temps for weeks. Not very good for mono. Thats why Momoi ships all their mono climate control.