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Re: Who messes with gill nets
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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07/20/26 09:25 PM
07/20/26 09:25 PM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Snow Hill, MD
JoMiBru
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Snow Hill, MD
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Yeah I gill net.
Buy your own top line ( I like hollow braid ), floats, leadcore ( for bottom line ) and some twine. Maybe a fid and a couple net needles and hang them yourself. You’ll like it , the way you like to tinker. Most of what I hang is on the half, meaning your finished net is half the stretched specified length. I use nets for bunker ( menhaden ), striped bass, spot, bluefish, trout. Salt water
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Re: Who messes with gill nets
[Re: Wolfdog91]
#8639925
07/20/26 11:00 PM
07/20/26 11:00 PM
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Joined: Jan 2008
Alaska and Washington State
waggler
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Alaska and Washington State
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^^^^ Wolfdog, what Jomibru means when he say "on the half" we call "hanging it even". Measure the stretched length of one and a half meshes, say it come to 8 inches. Then you would hang three meshes on an 8 inch spacing. Where I fish it is common to hang the leadline "out" a little maybe 8.25 inches. This causes the leadline to be a little more slack, it hangs better, and is a little more fishy.
"My life is better than your vacation"
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Re: Who messes with gill nets
[Re: JoMiBru]
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Yesterday at 07:06 PM
Yesterday at 07:06 PM
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Joined: Feb 2021
Wisconsin
Mad Scientist
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Wisconsin
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Memphis net an Memphis has supplies. I use a local guy, Buddy Carson for bundles of webbing. LFS in Bellingham WA has everything you could imagine and if they don’t they’ll order it. I get custom sizes from them.
In a nutshell, fine mesh fishes great, but won’t last as long as the heavier webbing. It’s best in colder water, stays limber better.
Heavier webbing is stronger and will last longer. It’s easier to shake fish out of. But - it won’t catch as well as the fine stuff.
Gotta find the sweet spot for what you’re after. I find myself favoring the heavier side of the scale, so I can shake fish out and not worry so much about popping meshes. And I want my nets to last a few years. Tip, use good twine. A good tarred or bonded one, and tie an extra knot on each tie. It’ll make the nets last longer. Memphis net is the only place that I would buy tarred twine,not that spool dunked crap all the others sell.
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