Looking For Advise On Buying Gill Net

[sylernetterman 0]

im looking at buying a gill net with 190g floats spaced every 2ft with a number 4 leadline and a 4 3/4 inch multi mono mesh. i usually use a net with a number 3 leadline and 70g floats spaced every 8ft, but in anything higher than a neap tide in my area which ranges from about 3ft to 5 and half foot of water the net doesn't float. last year an old boy was using a net with a heavy leadline and floats spaced every 2 ft and he was well outfishing me and his net stayed floating on the higher tides, but i read that its not a good idea to have a net thats too buoyant so im not sure what to do.

[Tiercel 6,986]

It depends how deep the net is and how it is rigged, too much buoyancy without having enough slack in the net will pull the meshes tight.

 

TC

[sylernetterman 0]

It depends how deep the net is and how it is rigged, too much buoyancy without having enough slack in the net will pull the meshes tight.

 

TC

the net i was looking getting would be 9.5 foot deep and rigged by half, i will not be using the net in anymore than 8 foot of water sometimes higher maybe 9 to 12ft of water on the big spring tides.

[Tiercel 6,986]

Is the net 24 meshes deep @ 4 3/4" mesh? If that is the case it is not fishing anywhere near 9.5ft deep, more like 6 to 7ft if your lucky, even rigged by half.

 

TC

[sylernetterman 0]

Is the net 24 meshes deep @ 4 3/4" mesh? If that is the case it is not fishing anywhere near 9.5ft deep, more like 6 to 7ft if your lucky, even rigged by half.

 

TC

30 meshes deep

[netrigger 568]

A good surface rig is a 70grm float every 3 to 4 foot apart with a #2 lead line. If its a heavy line and you still want it fishing on the surface then a higher buoyancy float set about 3 to 4 ft apart should do the trick .

[sylernetterman 0]

A good surface rig is a 70grm float every 3 to 4 foot apart with a #2 lead line. If its a heavy line and you still want it fishing on the surface then a higher buoyancy float set about 3 to 4 ft apart should do the trick .

so having 190g floats spaced every 2ft is too much buoyancy?

[sylernetterman 0]

would it work if i tied milk bottles between every 8 ft gap on my standard bottom fishing nets with 70g corks spaced every 8ft?