so I cant decide which I am worse at..... throwing a cast net or filleting a fish. my kid has been catching a bunch of good stuff lately including fluke and weakfish. (flounder and trout for you southern guys). I have a crappy old fillet knife that aint all that sharp. cuts a steak pretty good though, and we have a 6 foot cast net that I just cant get the hang of. we get peanut bunker up here, so thick that you could crowd surf on them. (baby pogies). my best throw yielded 9, count 'em 9 bunker. and when I try to get a nice fillet of a decent fish I end up sh1tting that up too. when my pop was still here he was good friends with the guy that owned the local fish market ant he would fillet, clean and wrap our catch for us real nice. he's gone now too. I think maybe if I had a good knife I could do a little better. i'm on the cold steel kick now and may spring for this one.
http://www.coldsteel.com/8-filet-knife.html
as far as the cast net goes....... I guess i'm just gonna have to keep on throwing until I get it right.