Thread: Net tangle in Jonathan Creek

Netters and net obviously. I hate auto correct.


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Most likely fish and wildlife set those nets. I see here on my home lake Taylorsville every year when there doing surveys for diff species throughout the year. Same white jugs

if I saw those I'd think they were someone's jugs for catfish and would have probably ran into the net also trying to go between them so as to not disturb them. Aren't they supposed to be marked better than that??

I need some more info on how to avoid nets. I am like wannabe. I would have just thought catfish jugs. I really don’t want to mess any nets up.

I’m looking into this. You may get a call from someone to get some more details.

Thanks for posting

There was some orange styrofoam floats in Barnett bay a couple of days ago. Looked like possible nets!

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We posted this on Crappie-gills-n-more.com Facebook page and got some folks riled up. This post was to get folks to be cautious and observant, both things I wasn't in this case. I take full responsibility for getting into and out of this net.

I spent 2 hours this AM talking to a prominent member of the commercial fishing industry in our area. He and I both came to a common-ground solution. There needs to be a standard way all these Asian carp nets are marked PLUS F&W needs to start a campaign top educate the public of the presence of nets and how to identify them. Having orange floats in one bay and white jugs in another is just going to cause a bunch of similar occurrences. The nets must be marked a standard way, say orange or flor-green balls or jugs every so many markers.

Every marina and launching ramp should have F&W signage telling the public what the markings are and to avoid them.

This is the beginning of the battle to eradicate most of these invaders but we all, fishermen, boaters, and commercial fishermen, have to be on the same page.

Good to have you on board on this Adam. I hope Jessica is listening also.

Ideally they should have similar markings, large enough to be easily seen, and lastly with pieces of reflective tape to be seen with a spotlight during the night or lowlight dawn/dusk situations. I will gladly be pro-active in sighting and avoidance of netting areas but it helps to see them in time to correctly react.

In closing, my primary concern is safety for all. Any time spent bending over water, outside the side plane of the boat hull, increases the chance of an overboard situation that could result in a drowning or stress induced stroke/heart attack. We all should have pdf’s on when being in these situations.

Prior planning produces positive results.