Inshore couple "firsts"

[reh76]

[QUOTE=ssiredfish;195438]Well when you do, dont start with a 12' net!!!!!! I give you a ton of props Jason for learning with a 12' net. Most people can never throw a net that size, much less learn on one so good job!!!!

I was thinking the same thing on the 12'...nice work. I started on a 6' and have never moved up, always have wanted to try a 12'. I have to say I like the cheap blue Walmart nets. Oyster beds don't care how much you paid for your net, they eat them all the same.

[RidgeRunner]

No doubt on the oyster beds. I think I graduated to a 8' net, no real quality there. Unless the mullet are thick I don't bother, it trashes the boat. We catch the mullet off the dock at my moms place on cane poles. Chum the mullet up with oatmeal and laying mash with a little bit of water. Then fool them into biting the small hooks with small pieces of white plastic worm. Bite off flat round slivers of worm with your front teeth to make it look like the oatmeal and they will barely move the cork.
Not to derail, I love the mullet, and you did a fine job on both firsts.
I haven't mastered the castnet to this day so a 12' net is real big net to start with.
Fillet the skin and belly off or scrub the black with a brush and don't forget the gizzard. House Autry, Hot Grease, Bam.....

[jasoncooperpcola]

Thanks everybody. I did not realize it was such a big deal to throw a 12' net. Heck I really had no choice, it was use dad's net or go buy smaller. I think he has a couple more nets this big but with a tighter mesh for bait. There will be a dedicated spot in the V for castnets now. I still have learning to do. I have trouble throwing over things like posts. Disturbed, what Ssiredfish said is correct. Throw like a bucket of water with one swift motion. If you ever hesitate you wont get a full open.

Dad's nets were custom made and sold by Outcast Hunting and Fishing here in Pensacola Fl. I was looking at a safe today and saw them hanging. $220 for a 12' 12lb mullet net. No oyster beds for me and I will be extra careful now.

Ridge I scaled our mullet cut each side off the backbone, and cut the head and tail off the backbone and fried backbones and skin on fillets. Talk about some good eating.