FLORIDA NETS  WOULD LIKE TO HELP YOU TO KNOW THE DIFFERANCE  IN GILL NETS,GILLNETS,SEINE NETS, FLAG STYLE GILL NETS, TYE DOWN STYLE GILL NETS AND MORE.

  Flag-style gill nets are very effective in catching fish. Imagine a large spider web hanging from the top of the water with the sides and bottom not attached to anything. The water must be still. A fish swims into the net. The net pushes forward and clings to the sides of the fish with almost no resistance. When the fish finally feels resistance, the net is clinging to both sides, the fish turns and effectively folds itself into the net with no real harm to it.

     Contrary to many misconceptions, gill nets cannot be used as seines. But then, they're not as labor intensive as seines are either. A gill net can easily be fished by one person, but can easily catch more fish than that person can eat.
     These nets are very popular in some parts of the country for catching yellow catfish also known as yellow cat, mud cat, shovelhead cat, johnnie cat, goujon, appaluchion, opelousas or flathead cat. Gill nets are also very popular in the New England area for catching menhadden, bunker or shad for bait for large predator fish such as tuna or yellow catfish.
     It is advisable to check with your local game laws because there are often limitations on the use of gill nets and other fishing devices.
Nylon Flag-Style Gill Nets
Flag style Gill Nets have a top line and no bottom line. This makes the flag style gill net the simplest form of gill type nets but it is also the most effective BUT it can only be used in still water and the top line must be attached on each end so the net is stretched across the body of water. Really great for ponds or lakes1

Monofilament Flag-Style Gill Nets

Flag style Gill Nets have a top line and no bottom line. This makes the flag style gill net the simplest form of gill type nets but it is also the most effective BUT it can only be used in still water and the top line must be attached on each end so the net is stretched across the body of water. Really great for ponds or lakes1

Nylon Tie-Down Gill Nets

Tie-down Gill Nets are designed to be fished in flowing water.  They are designed with a float line at the top and a lead line at the bottom.(We use a foam-filled float line rather than a line with cork or plastic floats because the floats tangle in the net so easily. The floatline or sinker line won't do that. Happy Fishing!)  There are strings running from the float line down to the lead line at the bottom.  These strings on the following 8' nets are 8' long but the netting hanging from the float line is 10' long.  This gives the netting slack to wrap up any fish that hit it.  Not quite as effective in catching fish as the flag style gill nets but the least expensive way to use a net in flowing water.  

Monofilament Tie-Down Gill Nets
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