cast net

[gavinc400]

i was at the mouth of the brisbane river over the last 3 days now there was some asian trowing there cast net on to some live bait of this concrete wall.
so looking for some live bait as well, i throw my cast net in the same spot 4 times and didnt catch a thing now beening new to cast netting i was trowing it alright, it was opening the only differents was they were using a mono and mine was material.
should i be buying a mono net or a bigger net.
thanks gavin

[cuzzamundi]

Mate personally over the years I've hated using material other than mono for nets. They seem to stick more, and clunk up. But a decent spread mono(at least 8ft) net with good pockets. will set you back a bit of dough, but well worth it.

cuzza

[Scalem]

There are a few things at play here, depth of water, visibility of material nets as apposed to mono, size of the actual net ( bait can't escape as easy from a bigger spread even if they can see it), quality of the net being used, and sink rate.

It's an art, and like most things, bigger and better nets cost the most money.

Scalem

[gavinc400]

thanks guys i ended up ripping the net any way from the sounds of it ,
it was a good thing, iam going to buy my self a good mono net.
thanks gavin

[URAGANGI]

Gav when you've chosen your net take a look at the teather rope. Is it that chuncky cheap polly rope? If so cut this crap off and tie on a new teather lead and while your doing this you can also add some extra lenght as well. I've found that this cheap and nasty factory fitted rope slows the net travel during castting, which inturn can disturb the flight and net spread which is the all important part of the nets function. As an added plus the art of throwing your net becomes easier and more of a pleasure too use.

The rope which I tend to favour is a light marine sash cord that is tightly woven and not too overly weighty, at least 9mtr's should do you. Or as of late I've tried using what they call starter cord which is what your pull start cord is made from.
It's super strong holds a nice loop and cuts through the air while casting quite nicely.

To secure your new rope too your net I simply use a full blood Knot this hasn't given me any grief..... Hope this helps.

Cheers Gavin.

[rando]

Dont buy a mass produced chinese net.(the ones from most fishing shops) They spring back too much. Find a good net maker and spend the extra, it will be worth it.

[URAGANGI]

Very true Rando the mass produced nets do tend to be a little springy, but an old salt passed on a tip. This old salt told me to soak the net in a bath of washing powder to lube up the net and make it a little more supple and forgiving, he then hung the net up to dry. Let just say string it up to a rafter in the shed or something similar. This helps to straighten the net and iron out any kinks due to the packaging in the buckets when the net is shipped.

Since then I've followed this method and haven't had any problem's. But yeah a well crafted net made by a pro is well worth the money and the handling of a factory net is like salt to sugar, Give me a custom net any day. The net usualy pays for itself in the long run anyway...

Cheers Gavin.

[dspt69]

hey mate if you want to get a hold of a good net get in contact with a guy called PERO on here his nets are awesome and you wont be dissapointed.

[gavinc400]

thanks guys you all have been very helpful i cant tell how frustrating it is trying to get some live bait when some one is trowing it in the same spot as you and you cannot catch a thing and he is catch helps