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[AnmRanch]

I'm needing to replace my cast net, it's getting old and torn up.
I few years back, I bought one, but it had those big plastic weights and doesn't seem to catch as much, so I kept using my old one.
What do y'all recommend for mainly using in the surf?

[ziacatcher]

Whatever kind you get do not get one too big for the surf. Often times you will be standing in deep deep water or so and you'll be needing to hold a net up out of the water to be able to throw it. If you get one that's too long you'll never be able to cast it properly.

[AnmRanch]

[AnmRanch]

[Johninaustin]

I use a 3' net, mainly because I can throw that thing a LONG ways. So far in fact i had to triple the length of the rope. It's easier to toss a long bomb than trying to sneak up on a school of mullet in the shallows.

[ziacatcher]

I think mine's a 4-foot and I also double it over when I cast.

[landlocked beachbum]

I have many sizes, with the largest a 10 footer. Can't throw that one without taking a double loop in the hand holding the horn. Seems like you should be able to use the double loop method on smaller nets if standing in the water and needing a shorter distance between your hands and the lead.

That big one will wear me out fairly fast, but it catches SO MUCH BAIT with one good toss that I only need to throw it a (very) few times to have all that's needed.
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[Salt On the Brain]

7 ft max size in Texas.
Where do you use a 10 footer?
LF
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[landlocked beachbum]

I'm aware of that, never recommended it for down there, just an example of how to deal with excess length. I use it on both coasts of Florida. That sucker is HEAVY!

I have two 7 footers. The "standard" mesh size lets too much through or allows too much gilling, which wastes my time trying to get all the fish out of the darn thing. I bought one with a smaller mesh (think it's 1/4") and it not only solved the problem, but I started catching shrimp where before I never knew they were there, because they went thru the mesh!
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits". Albert Einstein

[Hoggeman]

Cracker Casting Net

I like at least a 6 foot for a boat and shallow water
4 foot when there is to much bait in the surf or i am waist deep in the surf trying to catch bait in the 3rd gut

Cheap cast nets don't have enough weight most of the times

Jetty!!! extend the rope and use the cheapest 4 footer you can buy

Don't buy that cast net with the plastic ring to help you cast unless you use it at night when your alone so your friends won't bust you balls
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[bd0202]

I have a 3' and still can't throw it right 80% of the time. This "double loop" technique - is there a video or something somewhere? But at least I have managed to catch a few finger mullet with it in the surf. So I guess I'm not that far off.

And Zia, that throw looks mighty good.
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[Salt On the Brain]

I slightly disagree with the advice to extend the rope.
Replace the whole thing.
Use hollow braid and splice the loops in both ends.
Any kind of knot will catch in the net or tangle the rope.
I put a 40 ft rope on mine for shy baitfish in the surf.
LF
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[Vern]

[Johninaustin]

[Central Scrutinizer]

Does Wally-World still sell the illegal sized nets? It's been a while and they have been schooled more than once on the regs?

But yea, 14 feet, and it takes a good amount of practice to throw one that size effectively.