Net tangle in Jonathan Creek

[M R Dux]

Thought I’d give you a heads up. I had a member here with me this AM. We stopped on a ledge mid-Bay in Jonathan. It was vacant except for a couple of 10+ inches crappie. While we were pulling up and heading into a rising sun while not looking toward the mouth, I ran headlong into a carp net stretched a full 1/2 the width of Jonathan and supported by white 1/2 gallon “Purex” jugs. One would think it would be very obvious but given the conditions and the fact there WAS NOT a boat near the net, I ended up having my Terrova wound up in it. It was absolutely no more than a foot under the surface near the jugs. Luckily the motor was barely running as we picked up so it was easily cleared from the prop and skeg. The net was full of Asian carp that were very unhappy with the situation. Not that I wasn’t.

Nobody has been a bigger advocate for the commercial betters taking huge numbers of carp out but if this bet was an indication of how these nets are going to be set and tended, we are in for a prolonged battle. I was patient and didn’t damage the net. I can see where others may be much less likely to be as patient as I was. I wish I had taken pics of my motor tangled in the net but I was kinda busy. I did take a couple after I got clear.


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