Thread: Cast netting

Used one all the time for bait when I lived on the coast....... plus a push net to gather grass shrimp. Too old and decrepit for that kind of action now . I have seen people filling iced chests with shad using a cast net in the eddys below dams.
PS: 8' is too much net for a 'ginner...... kind of like a rookie rigger starting with 8 poles!

Originally Posted by cache22

PS: 8' is too much net for a 'ginner...... kind of like a rookie rigger starting with 8 poles!

Just learn how to hold it and anybody can do it. There are lots of videos on you tube showing how to do it. Here's a couple. ( I wasn't kidding about the teeth!!) http://youtu.be/q1dzZyHg2jM

http://youtu.be/ORM2fvMun3s

Watched 10 hunnert videos and none of them seemed to help much. Finally found the video from Calusa and it did the trick. Once I figured out how to balance on one foot and get the net between my toes, I was good to go

Second video is how I do it, how I would explain it, and the results are just about the same.

Originally Posted by RCC

Second video is how I do it, how I would explain it, and the results are just about the same.

Yeah, it wasnt purdy, but it works if you practice it. I picked that one because it was a kid. If he can do it, then theres a good chance that most of us can do it......ok at least half of us.........