Welcome to Florida Nets!Florida nets We offer all types of fish net, netting and mesh  to hang in your own fish, fishing, gill, seine, and hoop     nets.   We have the rope, floats and lead line and we will be happy to help you with live support to make sure you hang in your fish net right. My name is Jay and I have been a commercial gill netter in Florida most of my life. Since the state banned gill nets in Florida we can only use two inch stretch mesh nets now.

I am working on a video that I am going to offer to help buyers hang in their fishing nets. From learning how to tie a clove hitch to how to figure out how many meshes per tie you need for what you want to catch.

Most Gill nets have at least 12 meshes per foot first you stretch out your float line around twenty five foot long and hook it at each end on a two buy four with a nail sticking out . Now you add say for a fifty foot net you want a float every three feet so slide seventeen floats on the line.

Now mark the rope every foot with a peace of chalk and now you ready to start tieing in your gill net.

(NOTE WHEN YOU TIE YOR TWINE TO THE ROPE YOU HAVE TO HAVE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SLACK IN BETWEEN THE KNOTS). I USE MY HAND AND PLACE IT VERTICAL INBETWEEN THE TWINE AND THE ROPE WHEN YOU TIE YOUR KNOT!!!!!

1. Start with the first mesh on the top of the net and tie it to the rope with a clove hitch on your first mark!

2. slide one float down the rope up against your first knot.

3. Now run your twine thru eleven meshes and tie the twine with a clove to the next mark on the rope.(do not tie the mesh to the rope the mesh has to float back and fourth on the twine). ONLY THE TWINE GETS TIED TO THE ROPE !NO MESH.

4. NOW GO THRU 12 MESHES AND TIE A CLOVE ON THE NEXT MARK. 

5. Again go thru 12 meshes and tie it on the next mark.

6. Now slide a float down the line again and then go thru 12 meshes and tie to next mark. Keep repeating steps 2 thru 6

until you get to the end of the 25 foot you have stretched out. NOW STOP

7. Now take your lead line and hang it right across from your float line and hook it on the 2x4 and stretch it tight to the other 2x4 so it is even with the float line.

8. You dont have to mark this one just tie your first mesh on the bottom of the net to the lead line with a clove then go thru 12 meshes and tie straight across from the next tie on the float line , then 12 meshes and tie  across from the next tie on the float line.

But hanging the ropes on the 2x4s this way you cant make a mistake  the mesh has to hang even or you will turn the diamonds and the net will be shorter than you want.

The number of meshes you have per foot makes up how much (BAG) you have in the net that's what catches the fish. If the net is ties in say 9 or 10 meshes per foot the net will have no bag and be good only for seining fish. With bag or slack in the net the fish get hung with their gills and fins.

I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU AND ANSWERS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT GILL NETS AND FISHING NETS , AGAIN FLORIDA NETS HAS EVERY THING YOU NEED WITH LIVE SUPPORT TO HELP YOU GET THE NET DONE RIGHT . the AVERAGE PERSON CAN TIE 25 FT AND HOUR TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW LONG IT TAKES.

PLEASE VISET MY E BAY STORE FLORIDA NETS FOR ALL YOUR FISHING NET SUPPLIES AND NAUTICAL DECOR. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE .

THANK YOU JAY AT FLORIDA NETS