Good Question Wilson

they are just practicing blackmagic before the creek run

I use 60# braid 95% of the time.
When I get caught in it, I try to wiggle off of it and use the lure retriever. After dozens of unsuccesful attempts, I give up and yank it out (hoping the net will break and not my line). The lure reaches the surface (with a cast net on its end). Half of the times, the lure will rip itself out of the net. The other half, my line will break and the net swallows the lure whole.

These abandoned castnets I find aren't in deep water (I fish from the bank). The water is 5' deep at most and found fish caught in them. Ive even seen 2 - 3# bass caught dead in them. From now on, I take a grapple hook with 30' of rope to yank them out if I should find one. From there, it goes to the nearest trash can.

That's what I thought folks who throw cast nets did. I use to throw cast nets quite a bit and I've got more than a few snagged but I get most if not all of the net back. May not come back whole, but I know the frustration of losing a lure, or worse a good fish, to a left behind net or anything else. Don't want someones else to feel that pain an my account. Carried a snagging hook on dacron wrapped around a pipe just for that specific purpose. Dragged out other nets and bunches of other things too. Felt good doing it!

I actually wasn't fishing, just watching hanging out on my lunch break. May try it after the next rain when the water is running good.

I had to leave that day and head back to work. The game warden called em when he got there and said the vehicle I reported was still there, but saw no cast netters. I'm hoping he ended up finding them.

Yep, I argee 100%.