Quote Originally Posted by speckfinder View Post
12' radius is huge. How on earth would one throw that, it's bigger than a bass boat is long.
Actually as nets go thats considered pretty small. Most of the guys in the keys are using 10 foot nets, and some use 12'.
You could find some videos of guys like Scott Walker throwing a 12 footer. I never used a net till I moved to the keys.
By then I was too old with too many issues to even start, especially with larger nets. A good 10' net will be very heavy due to all the lead.
Fact is a smaller net thrown even fairly well will produce better than a larger one thrown poorly. Also remember that with the larger ones, after the first throw you will get wet when using them due to how you have to load it.
There are numerous ways to throw them and lots of how to videos on you tube. I would at least start with a smaller net of say 5' and go out on the lawn and practice. Some of the videos are more of a watch me throw a net thing than having much detailed instruction. But some are very good and will have you throwing well enough to catch some bait.
Id be curios as to how many here use grass shrimp? That would seem far easier than throwing a net to me, and no doubt an effective bait.