The fundamentals of the cast net.

First and foremost, I apologize for the radio silence over the past few weeks! I have been in cognito hunting the extremely illusive grades of the A+ variety! Grades tend to hide indoors at my desk and the library! This endeavor had been exceptionally taxing seeing as there are turkeys and fish left to kill/catch! A few weeks ago I did manage to escape the jungles of study hood and fish for a few hours, and as luck would have it my good friends Jack and Freddie were there to accompany me, and school me on the ins and outs of cast net throwing! For those of you who don't know, you use the cast net to catch bait fish, in order to catch bigger fish! This, I have discoved is a sort of art form! There are similar techniques, but evey caster has his or her own style of execution! I will now share with you what skills and tips I picked up in my classroom day at sea!

First and foremost, cast nets get heavier and harder to handle as the size gets bigger. It is important to learn the skill of cast net throwing with a smaller size net until you perfect it, then you can move up to a larger size! I began with a ten foot net! 

Secondly, gather the majority of the net in your non dominate hand. Next grab the outter edge of the opposite side of the net and place the edge in your mouth between your teeth. With your dominate hand, begin tossing the excess of the net over the same dominate forearm until the rest of the net is distributed evenly between both arm and hand. At this point let the net that is over your dominate arm slide down until you can grab it in hand, making sure to keep ahold of the net in your mouth and opposite hand.

Assuming that you were able to follow those instructions, it is now time to throw. Stand with your legs shoulder width apart, making sure you have stable footing (falling off the side of the boat is not recommended.), now wind up to the opposite side and release both hands at the same time, and your teeth grasp last! The net should span out into a circle, therefore grabbing as many bait fish as possible! Remember practice makes perfect! 

Below is a photo from my first lesson! Enjoy! And stay tuned for bait catching awesomeness! Happy adventuring! 

"Jesus called out to them, come, follow me and I will show you how to fish for people." Matthew 4:19