simple, easy-to-follow instructions on how to throw a cast net. You won’t need any more instructions or advice after reading this tutorial if you want to learn how to throw a cast net.
The change from purchasing bait to catching bait is among the most significant phases in an angler’s development. For some anglers, casting a cast net is a life-changing experience, while for others, it is a daily ritual. But when you first learn how to throw a cast net, it can be challenging to avoid tangles and achieve the proper spin. Fear not, professional assistance is at hand!
Cast Net Throwing Techniques
To demonstrate the procedure for throwing pancakes, Anthony Whitehurst, the proprietor of Princess Anne Distributors in Virginia Beach, was enlisted. With this technique, the net can be operated from a kayak or stand-up paddleboard.
Loop-the-loop
The cast net should be spread out on the ground. Place the rope in a coil in your left hand. In the same hand, hold the bridle and double-loop the net.
Gather The First Third
Holding the lead line in your right hand, gather a third of it.
Place It Under Arm
the first third under your left arm in a pinch.
Split The Remainder Between Both Hands
Both the final third and the second third should be gathered in your right hand. Currently, you hold one-third of the lead line in your left hand, one-third in your right hand, and one-third under your arm.
Release All Three In Sequence
Maintain a shoulder stance in the direction in which you want the net to fly. Like a sack of potatoes, swing the net. Release the lead in your right hand first, then the lead in your left hand, and then let go of the net coiled under your arm.
Open Wide And Admire Your Throw
To make the lead line spin in a perfect circle, extend your arms. It is possible to throw the net from a kayak using this technique because the angler never turns his shoulders and the net is started low.
Tips On How To Throw A Cast Net
I frequently come across tutorials and videos online that demonstrate how to throw a cast net, but they all omit to address the fundamentals. Technique and knowledge of the factors that make the cast net open properly are key to learning how to throw one.
If you use these suggestions when casting your net, you’ll be much more successful and also catch more bait.
- It’s not about how hard you throw, it is about how you throw.
- Prep your cast net, it will make it easier to throw and easier to set up.
- The “setup” is just as important as the throw (how you hold the net prior to throwing)
- When throwing, you must move smoothly and fluidly.
- You are not attempting to throw the net open. The net opens itself.
- The motion you make with your body forces the net open.
- Your lower body stays in the same place
- You twist your upper body and lean into the throw.
- As you throw, lead the net with your dominant arm and follow the throw all the way through
- Take your practice outside.
- Throw over and over again until the net opens every time
- Practice some more
- If you fish from a boat, stand on the deck and continue practicing your throwing technique once you’ve mastered it on dry land. Throwing from a boat is a completely different process than throwing from the ground.
- Once you learn to throw, you can throw any size net. Just how much net you roll up in your hand before throwing makes a difference.
- Make sure you select the appropriate cast net so you can catch more bait.
Choose The Right Mesh Size And Weight For Your Cast Net
Cast nets also have different-sized mesh, which, along with weight, determines the sink rate and the size of the bait you can catch. The size of the bait you’re after will determine the mesh size you use. Without gilling the bait, you want to use the biggest mesh you can. By doing so, you can achieve the quickest sink speed without endangering the baits. The most popular and adaptable mesh size is probably 3/8-inch.
Gore prefers to use the following formula as a general guideline for the size of cast-net mesh: ¼-inch for small white baits measuring 2 to 3 inches, 38 inches for baits 3 to 4 inches, ½ inch for baits 4 to 5 inches, and 58 inches for baits 5 inches and larger.
As a result of their tendency to hang out near the bottom and attempt to escape, weights for species like pinfish and mullet become crucial. A tight bottom seal is required. We prefer to space our weight attachments 2 and a half inches apart. The weights may be up to 6 inches apart on other, less expensive beginner cast nets.
The mesh size and the location at which the cast net will be thrown when fishing is factors to consider when determining the sizes and shapes of the weights. You can use a ball lead or football shape with mesh sizes lower than 1¼ inches.
To prevent leads from catching in the mesh once you reach a 1½-inch mesh, you must use longer leads. Additionally, if you frequently throw in the grass while using smaller, round leads, these small weights will dig down in the grass, resulting in you catching as much grass as bait.
A good high-performance cast net should weigh at least 12 pounds and have at least 1.5 pounds of lead per foot. The difference between catching two or three pieces of bait and 250 pieces can be made by the extra weight.