Gill netting.

[netrigger 568]

You should have mentioned the flatty as well mate "Friends" tell me the bottoms of their nets used to be filled with flounders on some sorts of ground ,what size mesh and length net?

150 yards in length 4 3/4" mesh.

is that fished on the bottom then, netrigger

The nets that were used are Surface Fishing Nets, but as they are worked on the beach by foot you allways get Flatties e.t.c. on the run in/off. Regards.

[Guest friedrice]

You should have mentioned the flatty as well mate "Friends" tell me the bottoms of their nets used to be filled with flounders on some sorts of ground ,what size mesh and length net?

150 yards in length 4 3/4" mesh.

is that fished on the bottom then, netrigger

The nets that were used are Surface Fishing Nets, but as they are worked on the beach by foot you allways get Flatties e.t.c. on the run in/off. Regards.

netrigger, how would you go about anchoring a net like the ones you use ?

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

I told ye the makarell were earlie this year didnt i bud ?!

 

 

cant wait to run the nets again, the test is in three weeks now so maybe i'll catch a few lessons from the master before the seasons out

[chess 0]

May sound like a daft question this but if you were going to put one out at low tide on the flats would you run it parralell with the beach or at 90 degrees to the beach ? Also are gill nets available to buy ?

 

Rgards Chess

[mackem 26,357]

Interested in Gill netting now Chess?I always took you for a dry fly man

[whin 463]

was out two nights ago got some sea trout a few bass ,no mackrel on an estuary ,i work fifty yards at a time as its on mussel beds and you get weed sometimes but plenty fish, to, cheers biggest fish of the beach was a 18 pound salmon many years a go, great fun and good cion

[fishy123 0]

May sound like a daft question this but if you were going to put one out at low tide on the flats would you run it parralell with the beach or at 90 degrees to the beach ? Also are gill nets available to buy ?

 

Rgards Chess

 

Well I don't know where you are, but if you put a gill net out up here, and set at 90degrees to the beach, you would fill the net with salmon, which is not allowed. Plus baliffifs would swoop on it possibly, and the fines for taking salmon aren't good.

 

Set parrallel to the beach would mean more weed and stuff in the net but much less salmon.

 

If you're looking for gill nets, if you pm me, I can rig you something up depending on what you want.

[jarvie 0]

where in scotland are you catching the mackeral mate?

[chess 0]

Interested in Gill netting now Chess?I always took you for a dry fly man

 

No not me Mackem, your getting me confused with that nice mr lee again

[mackem 26,357]

Oh yeah,sorry Chess,I guess he still casts a shadow

[chess 0]

Thats correct Mackem but as a fellow student of J R Hartley you will be aquainted with page 64 paragrah 4 "There is lttle to beat sea trout fishing at night if conditions are right" etc

[mackem 26,357]

Chess,you followed my recommendation and bought the book And theres me thinking it was out of print Which river does Mr Hartley suggest for sea-trout then?

[chess 0]

Mackem my dear fellow like i said its in the book, " On the ......... we fished with a foot leader with a single dropper, using low water double hooks, usually about a size 10. The patterns that got the best results were the old friends, butcher, dunkeld peter ross, zulu and black pennel". Now the question is what size leader do you recomend Mackem and what do you think, double hooks or larger ?

 

Regards.

[mackem 26,357]

f**k,I only read the book once Chess,then the bairns scribbled on it,the dog pissed on it,and the wife used it to prop up a wobbly leg on the table F**k it,I got a new books now anyway We are going out with the rods later in the week

Edited May 26, 2008 by mackem

[mackem 26,357]

Mackem my dear fellow like i said its in the book, " On the ......... we fished with a foot leader with a single dropper, using low water double hooks, usually about a size 10. The patterns that got the best results were the old friends, butcher, dunkeld peter ross, zulu and black pennel". Now the question is what size leader do you recomend Mackem and what do you think, double hooks or larger ?

 

Regards.

Mackerel-feathers