drag nets

[Lachie]

hey guys does anyone know where i could use a drag net to get some baitfish ,mullet ,etc ?

thanks

[Do$tylz]

nudgee beach. Just be careful of the stingrays.

[The Mad Hughesy]

nudgee beach. Just be careful of the stingrays.

plenty of rays there for sure

[madmullet]

pine....

where ever their is not rocks

[Dimo]

Scarbrough, Wellington point, Plenty of Gar. Unsure if you can still use one there as it was many years ago.

[Lachie]

thanks alot guys really appreciate all your help :cheer:

can wait to go try some :woohoo: of the spots out

[coldy]

Around the mouth of Lota and Tingalpa creek"s on an ebbing tide has always produced well for me. Good Gar and Poddy Mullet are the usual catch. Good luck have fun!!.... Cheers for now

[The Mad Hughesy]

Are the drag nets easy to use? Iv never used one before..

[madmullet]

Are the drag nets easy to use? Iv never used one before..

yes... you preferably need 2 people but can be done with one.

get a broom handle or similar thing tie one end of the drag net to the broom handle and the other to another broom handle. if you dont have these put 1 rope on your foot and hold the other one. now if you dont have a second person, drive one broom handle in to the sand and then walk out into the water and do a half moon shape walk. if you have 2 people you can cover alot more ground and go deeper.

[madmullet]

Are the drag nets easy to use? Iv never used one before..

yes... you preferably need 2 people but can be done with one.

get a broom handle or similar thing tie one end of the drag net to the broom handle and the other to another broom handle. if you dont have these put 1 rope on your foot and hold the other one. now if you dont have a second person, drive one broom handle in to the sand and then walk out into the water and do a half moon shape walk. if you have 2 people you can cover alot more ground and go deeper.

disreguard the driving the broom handle into the ground. gad just sent me a link that states......

• It must not be anchored, staked or fixed.

• No part of the net containing fish must be out of the water other than to immediately remove fish from the net for release.

• All regulated fish, and fish not intended to be taken, must be released into water deep enough to allow the fish to escape.

[RyanG45]

I just used a drag net on Monday with a mate and netted some gar and 5 whiting and one of those whitings was 34 cm

Cheers ryan

[Lachie]

I just used a drag net on Monday with a mate and netted some gar and 5 whiting and one of those whitings was 34 cm

Cheers ryan

where was that at ??

[RyanG45]

snipe island down redland bay way between maclay and the main land

cheers ryan

[kmcrosby78]

Did drag nets get banned years ago and now are legal again? We used to use one when we were kids (15-20 years ago - yep, getting old!!!!) at Hervey Bay but thought at some stage they got banned. Saw guys using one when we camped at Inskip at Easter which was the first time I'd seen one used in at least 10 years so thought they must have been dodging the laws but obviously they are legal again.

Yeah, watch out for stingrays. I remember using ours at a mouth of a small creek near Mackay and just lifting it in time before this massive dark oval made its way into it. Would have been mayhem!!!!!

Good luck in your search, unfortunately I don't know any spots.

[Surfingant]

^^^^^^ For some reason I thought they were banned too, obviously not.

[RyanG45]

they were banned years ago but now there ok to use but you cant pull them behind your boat you have to walk them out, if you pull them behind your boat its counted as trawling and its ilegal

cheers ryan

[bunks]

forgive my ignorance but how would you go about dragging it behind the boat and keeping it from tangling? Just curious really because I've only ever walked them out.

[sehrguht]

they were banned years ago but now there ok to use but you cant pull them behind your boat you have to walk them out, if you pull them behind your boat its counted as trawling and its ilegal

cheers ryan