Shore fisherman get checked by the game warden on a regular basis. I saw the Game Warden at Little Elm ramp ramp Thursday checking fisherman on shore. Never been checked for net size while in the boat but rarely get stopped on my lake and never been stopped while throwing the net . Only boat checks we usually get are for safety inspections and they usually don’t mess with us fisherman on Lewisville. I been checked pretty hard up at Texoma and also up in Denton Creek on Grapevine but they were looking for no license and undersized fish. I did get my boat checked for zebra muscles by a K-9 unit 2 yrs ago at Tower Bay ramp on Lewisville. No joke! Had dogs sniffing all the boats putting in and trailering looking for zebra muscles.

I was really having trouble with my 5 footer, hadn't tossed it in a long time and just forgot how. I found a Youtube video that was similar to the way I was trying to throw it except he picked up the hem 3 times instead of 2 and that made all the difference. Today just before the cold front I went to Whisky Flats and lucked on a gold mine of 3 inch shad. I bagged 6 quarts half full and froze them. I really like fresh but if there is a day when I can't find them I'll have these.

Practice makes perfect. I don’t soak my nets. My shallow nets are stiff as a board and still pancake every time. My deep nets are much better quality and stay soft. Cast nets will open up a lot better if your strong hand grip on the net is around waist high. If your grip is too high you will have to sling it a lot harder. The net should touch the ground when you grab it at waist height. Hope this helps. There are many different techniques to throwing a Cast net so find one that your comfortable with and works best for you.

Let me know Bud and I will help you out next time...I should have showed you yesterday but I had fish on the brain ..LOL!!

Nice bait and job. Which technique did you end up using?