How to repair a monofilament fishing nets. Drift, cast, anchored nets for bass cod trout skate rays

This is just a short video on how to repair a 2 1/8 inch monofilament drift net. Monofilament is very slippery, so I use two sheet bends on every knot to secure them. We use these 2 1/8 inch nets to catch mackerel in the summer, and full herring in the autumn on the Norfolk and Suffolk coast, UK. This is a dying art, with very few people drift netting anymore. Its been taken over by trawling, which catches far more fish, and you havent got to pick fish out of the net one by one. It’s been traditionally used off our coast for centuries, supply herring all over the world. The old boys used to say ‘if you can’t rig or repair it, you shouldn’t be using it’. This technique can be used on all types of nets, whether they are for cod, bass, dover sole, skates and rays, red mullet, sprats and many other types of fish. The only difference is the mesh size changes.

[@austinthc3677]

Do you got a vid on how to fix the line at the sinkers and floats of the net

[@beanysfishing2555]

@@austinthc3677 something like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y17Yq6iwr9acn6ssi=Oi62jZI9bLWxuL0S

[@austinthc3677]

@beanysfishing2555 something like that you know the orange floaters? I have the 8 ft tall and 300 ft long. It has the orange floaters and the sinkers on the bottom it's like a different mm line tho compared to the net part

[@beanysfishing2555]

Im not sure what you want to know. If it already has the floatline on the top, and the leadline on the bottom

[@stevenkramer7665]

Looks like fun!

[@beanysfishing2555]

Its not too bad, part and parcel of netting really. its quite relaxing sitting in the sun doing it on a nice day in the summer

[@tripolarmisfit]

Thank you very much for the upload. Your demonstration is easier to understand than this one that I've been using: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6mbnYV9nZ6VjtUsi=OeIOm-a0j9RAE0_4 Plus, my cast net is also monofilament not like they'res which makes it look easy since they are mending rope really. But nylon is harder because of its memory and my mesh size is 3/8 inch, very small! And very hard! But thanks again.

[@beanysfishing2555]

Im glad its helped mate

[@wilsonlaroga]

What size of your net?what i mean mesh

[@beanysfishing2555]

Well the net I repaired is either 2 1/8 or 2 1/4 inch

[@isaiahcollins539]

What’s that tool called?

[@beanysfishing2555]

Its a net needle

[@napper1496]

Can’t really see what knots you’re doing

[@beanysfishing2555]

Sheet bends