Quote Originally Posted by RobertFL View Post
If I remember correctly.. A guy I used to see cast netting Tilapia had a cast net with 1 inch mesh and the weights looked larger than the average cast net.. He said the larger mesh helped the net sink faster. He was a tall thin fella, he could throw that big net with ease.
They do use a large mesh net, ive watched they guy at the bait shop making them, but most guys i see arent big, but there are usually several of them working together.
As a result of what ive learned here i think the next one i catch will come home with me.