Had a good thread on the subject of gill nets a while back a few years back but think it got deleted in the last watcha call it . Shame had alot of good info.

Guess time for another one mabye and just all about all this stuff. So anyone mess with gill nets ? Build or buy ? Fresh or salt water ? How do you set and use them. So on and so on

The majority consensus last time was that Memphis Net & Twine was the place to purchase gill nets and materials.

https://www.memphisnet.net/

Keith

We used to net smelt along the shores of Lake Michigan back when I was a teenager and my dad and his buddies did before us. We would throw out an anchor line,then attach what they called a trolley on the line. It was a weight with two legs with wheels on the end that rode on the line. Thenhave line on the trolley go to the gill net then a line on the other end of the gill net for you to let the net down and back up .. Needed a sharp edge like a breakwater or such for the net to hang right. When the run was hot we'd pull up the net and it would look like a fish blanket, tasted great too.The smaller ones we'd just toss in the hot oil whole. You could see the line shake and touch it and you feel the fish hitting the net. Night time was best a great time. Bring a grill and some thing to drink Great fun

X2 on Memphis Net & Twine.

It's a pretty good way to catch a lot of fish if they are there and you put the net in the right place,

We use them at the upstream end of an eddy. Usually 60 feet long and about 7 feet deep. 5.25" stretched mesh.

I always use Lousiana net and twine in lafayette la been doing business with billy for over a decade. I mostly fish turtle and hoopnets but know a lot of guys who fish buffalo and Cajun caviar with gill nets

Used to help fish 2-3000 feet of large mesh gill net for flounder and red drum in the Pamlico Sound in NC. NC Department of Marine Fisheries has about legislated that season out of existence, because a few sea turtles are caught each year, and a perception that our flounder are overfished. The season is very short and limits are restrictive now.

No shortage of the darn bull nosed ray, however.

We were messin' with gill nets this morning. The fishing has slowed way down in the past couple of days, so we pulled our skiffs this afternoon; done for the season.
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Simplest way to start is to buy one ready made by any Net shop, Memphis being a big one...you need to know what fish you're targeting and size so you know what mesh size to get.Net shops can help with that...There's a lot more to it though... if it's even legal where you are or want to set...

Pretty sure they are illegal in Texas

Along with hoop nets

I do business with these guys and they sure seem to be top notch.
They have some trapping supply’s as well.

https://champlinnetco.com/

And slat traps and wire nets....

I used to do personal use gill netting for sockeye salmon in Southeast Alaska. Some serious fun. Thanks for sharing Waggler.

I’ve caught a few million pounds of carp and buffalo here in wi.-
mn-iowa boundary waters.7” stretch minimum and could never afford nets premade always bought ropes and floats and made my own leads.Buy the monofilament netting 100 pounds at a time.Pretty much a thing of the past trying to make a living at it anymore.