Quote Originally Posted by SLP View Post
Is getting a small radius of 3.5 or 4 feet even worth it? I have some serious back and neck troubles and I doubt I could handle throwing anything much larger or heavier. I'm not even sure I could even throw a smaller one for that matter, but I have been thinking about getting one and giving it a try. It seems like it would be fun (if it didn't hurt too bad) and would be a lot nicer than paying for bait. Do you even get much bait if you throw a small one?

What is the smallest size available that people throw, is there smaller than 3.5? The smaller the better would give me the best chance of being able to use.
I have a small net I've had for a long time,not sure about it's size, without getting it out of the boat and measuring it. but I think it's a 3 and a half or 4 ft Radius, it opens to about 7 or 8 ft. I can throw it good, and it opens to a full circle. the small net works good in shallow water, I've caught enough shad in one throw to fish most of the day with. it don't sink as fast as a larger net, so it's hard to catch bait if they are deep around 30 to 40 ft. but it does good down to around 15 ft. I bought a larger one that sinks faster and will should be better in deeper water, if I can ever master throwing it. I don't need two nets, and I don't know what the shipping would cost, I suppose less than 20.00 if you will pm me your mailing address, I will give you my small net and ship it to you, when you get it, you can send me the cost for shipping, to my return address. it's a good little net, I don't need it, you want to try one, if you can use it, great. if not then you wouldn't have much invested.