I’m finally figuring out how to throw this Bett’s castnet.
You have to wind the rope up and hold it in the same hand that is also holding the net in the middle.
Then you take a piece of lead in your teeth, & take a piece of lead a meter down from the one in your teeth & hold it in the other hand & then you throw the net in a spinning motion to spread it out like a spinning dress and give just a little resistence when it pulls the weight out your hand & then your teeth, but don’t bite too hard or you could lose a tooth, God forbid. So doing this I’ve finally gotten it to open up. It’s 12’ diameter net.
I recently caught a 2" fish off of a boat ramp, and also 4 shad.
How can I get more results?
This is a Tyzac cast-net designed for 2 to 4’ of water, so the weights are not heavy enough for throwing it off my sailboat that requires 5.5’ of deep water. I’m going to try to buy some weights to make it heavier.
Is this cast-net worth anything. It rarely catches anything & I can just imagine the fish swimming under it as it goes down.
Maybe I’d have more luck using it off the beach. The pluff mud is out of the question. Too much cleaning. What’s the best distance to let it drop? When’s the best time to cast for shrimp w/out bait? What’s the most productive way of using this?
I gutted the shad & threw the guts in the water & when the tide topped fish were popping up left & right. You could hear & see them, but none of my casts caught any. I had 1 cast that caught 4 shad, & I have no idea why, cause all the other 40 casts were the same, except that one cast was on the ICW N of Charleston harbor, after the Ben Sawyer bridge. Maybe it was a better location.
Had a hard time finding a place to anchor along that stretch, esp. if the tide truly does rise & sink 5’ in that area as the chart-plotter indicates
If this is your first cast net, a 12’ is a rather daunting learning curve.
I’m not familiar with the Tyzac models, but looking at them online I can’t fathom why it wouldn’t work in 5-8’ of water just fine.
Once you get good at opening it, it will be a perfect net for snagging mullet at the beach.
If you are hearing fish peck the surface of the water, it’s likely menhaden. Let it sink, as long as you’re sure the bottom is clean of obstructions you could tear it up on. I’ve had more than a few nets (6’ nets) so full of menhaden that it’s beyond absurd, and almost all of those were ones I allowed to sink as close to the bottom as my rope would let me. You can feel them tugging on the rope.
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You should be able to load a boat full of bait with a 12’ net. Most people throw a 6’ net just to catch bait unless they are really serious. The tyzac nets are the least expensive Betts net, but they work well. You have to throw it over the fish and let it go all the way to the bottom unless its too deep.
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You need a heavier net. I do not think you can add weight to an existing net.
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Put the rope between the weights in your teeth not the lead. Lead is bad for you to ingest
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I have an 8’ betts with 1-1/4 pounds per foot of lead I would sell you for $65 and shipping , or to anybody for that matter .
New in box , Also have a lightly used one I would sell for $55. They sink fast
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Put the rope between the weights in your teeth not the lead. Lead is bad for you to ingest
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1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”
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Also, I bite down on the rope between the lead with my lips and avoid using my teeth altogether… I see no need to pay the dentist any more than I have too…
A bad day fishing is much better than a good day at work.
Some decent ways to throw…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGbknx7pHlM
similar to above, maybe simpler?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckm6BIVryEY
There a so many ways to go… youtube is so cool
I heard & saw the chad splashing the ICW surface, so I pulled over, anchored & threw the net. 1st cast caught 1 shad. 2nd cast caught the 2nd shad. All other casts were zero shad, but I also got a lot of tiny jelly-fish blobs.
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I doubt they were shad. Probably menhaden. How big were they.
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4" to 5" long w/ a black circle near the anal fin & on the sides. When you gut them, there’s lots of tiny intestines full of dark green stuff that’s very easy to burst.
I’ve seen the it when many fish are jumping out of the water & I’ve seen it when many fish are just making little splashes, so all you can see is the splash & hear it.
The youth on the dock told me the jumpers are menhaden and the ones that splash the surface w/ their tail are shad.
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Menhaden look like shad and ■■■■■ the surface, easy to spot the flash when a school is near the surface. Mullet make V trails in groups near the bank, a bit more shy and skittish, and usually accompanied by angry oysters that eat nets. Mullet make big jumps all the way out of the water. I cannot recall ever seeing shad inshore, like others said, you gots menhaden. Hookem thru the nose and use a cork about 18" from the circle hook. You gonna get bit. Oh, don’t jerk a circle hook, just reel it in, it sets itself.
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When you gut them, there's lots of tiny intestines full of dark green stuff that's very easy to burst.
Are you eating them 
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